Famous Birthdays In December - 16

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

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  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.  

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)  

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.  

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

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

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1748  On this day in history birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer  

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1804  Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 16.  

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1828  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)  

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 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  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  

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  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.  

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 December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat