Famous Birthdays In December - 16

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 December - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.  

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.  

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.  

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

1775  On December - 16 birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)  

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on December - 16.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861  

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  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on this day in history.  

1827  On December - 16 birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  

1828  On this day in history birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914  

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 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  On December - 16 birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)  

1861  On this day in history birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)  

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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  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies  

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat