Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Friday, 19 August 2022
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 On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1622 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.
1652 On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer
1714 George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1770 On this day in history 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 December - 16.
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 this day in history.
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 December - 16 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 Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on this day in history.
1825 On December - 16 birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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 On this day in history 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 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 December - 16 birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)