Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1734  On December - 16 birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer  

1742  On this day in history birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)  

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

1770  On this day in history birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)  

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born on December - 16.  

1775  On this day in history birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)  

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  Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on December - 16.  

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

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  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on December - 16.  

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

1830  On this day in history birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

1834  On December - 16 birth of leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)  

1847  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on December - 16.  

1850  On December - 16 birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

1851  On December - 16 birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)  

1857  On December - 16 birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)  

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

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0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.  

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

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.  

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

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