Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.  

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on December - 16.  

1775  On December - 16 birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

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

1776  On December - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)  

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

1787  Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  

1790  King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

1804  Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on December - 16.  

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance was born on December - 16.  

1812  On this day in history birth of william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900  

1819  On December - 16 birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861  

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on December - 16.  

1825  On this day in history birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1825  On December - 16 birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer  

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

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on December - 16.  

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  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on December - 16.  

1850  On this day in history birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

1851  On this day in history birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)  

1857  Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on this day in history.  

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  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat