Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  On this day in history 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  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  

1714  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

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

1742  On December - 16 birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)  

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on December - 16.  

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

1790  On December - 16 birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)  

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  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 was born on December - 16.  

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 December - 16 birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1825  On this day in history birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer  

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1847  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1851  Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on December - 16.  

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

1861  Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on December - 16.  

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0705  On December - 16 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 this day in history.  

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  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.