Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
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.