Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

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 December - 16.  

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on December - 16.  

1742  On December - 16 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 December - 16 birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)  

1775  On December - 16 birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

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

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1787  Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  

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

1804  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

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 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  On December - 16 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  Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on December - 16.  

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  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.  

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 December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat