Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.  

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.  

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on December - 16.  

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1748  On December - 16 birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer  

1770  On December - 16 birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)  

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on this day in history.  

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on December - 16.  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)  

1790  King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on December - 16.  

1804  On December - 16 birth of viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)  

1809  On this day in history birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance  

1812  On December - 16 birth of william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900  

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On December - 16 birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer  

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on this day in history.  

1827  On December - 16 birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  

1828  On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914  

1830  John Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.  

1834  Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on December - 16.  

1847  On this day in history birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer  

1850  Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) was born on this day in history.  

1851  Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on this day in history.  

1857  Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on December - 16.  

1861  On December - 16 birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)  

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0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.  

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat