Famous Personalities Born In December - 16

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  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

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  On December - 16 birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)   

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

1775  On this day in history birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)   

1776  On December - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)   

1777  On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer   

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 December - 16.   

1804  On December - 16 birth of viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)   

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance was born on December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1822  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer   

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 16 birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

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

1847  On December - 16 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 this day in history.   

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)   

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0705  On this day in history 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 December - 16.   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat