Famous Personalities Born In December - 16
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1485 On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII
1584 John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.
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 this day in history.
1652 On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer
1714 George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.
1716 On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
1717 On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1734 Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on December - 16.
1742 On this day in history 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 On December - 16 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 this day in history.
1777 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance
1812 On this day in history birth of william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
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 December - 16.
1825 Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on December - 16.
1825 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on December - 16.
1827 John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on December - 16.
1828 On this day in history birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914
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 December - 16.
1847 On this day in history 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 Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on December - 16.
1857 On this day in history 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)