Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Monday, 11 December 2023
1485 Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.
1584 On December - 16 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 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.
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 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)
1748 On this day in history birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer
1770 On December - 16 birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)
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 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1777 Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.
1787 On December - 16 birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
1790 On this day in history birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
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 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 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 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 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 On December - 16 birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer
1850 On this day in history 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 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on this day in history.
1861 On December - 16 birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)