Famous Personalities Born In December - 16
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
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 this day in history. 

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

1622 On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder 

1652 On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer 

1714 George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history. 

1716 On December - 16 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 this day in history birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer 

1742 Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on December - 16. 

1748 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on this day in history. 

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

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

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

1776 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) 

1777 On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer 

1787 On December - 16 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 December - 16 birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance 

1812 On this day in history 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 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 December - 16. 

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

1827 On this day in history 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 December - 16. 

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

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 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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