Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

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

1614  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

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  On this day in history birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)   

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 this day in history birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1775  Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on December - 16.   

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

1777  On this day in history birth of janos Fusz, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer   

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

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on December - 16.   

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 December - 16.   

1834  Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 16 birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

1850  On December - 16 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 December - 16.   

1861  Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

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

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

0882  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat