Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer  

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on this day in history.  

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on this day in history.  

1761  On December - 16 russian army occupies Kolberg  

1765  On this day in history peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  

1767  On December - 16 van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers  

1770  On this day in history ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770)  

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) on this day in history.  

1773  On this day in history big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome  

1773  On this day in history boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor  

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1773  On this day in history the Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.  

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on December - 16.  

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1775  On December - 16 the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist  

1775  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.  

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56  

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84  

1790  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38  

1809  On this day in history marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years  

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on this day in history.  

1809  On December - 16 napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate  

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance on this day in history.  

1811  Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

1812  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 on December - 16.  

1816  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73  

1817  On this day in history leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon  

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on December - 16.  

1822  On December - 16 charles Edward Horsley, composer  

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens  

1825  On this day in history henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1826  Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  

1584  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  

1652  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  On this day in history 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 December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.  

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

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 this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat