Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.   

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

1748  On December - 16 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on this day in history.   

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

1767  Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers on December - 16.   

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on December - 16.   

1770  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome   

1773  Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor on December - 16.   

1773  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on this day in history.   

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on December - 16.   

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 16.   

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  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on this day in history.   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on December - 16.   

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate   

1809  On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance   

1811  Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on December - 16.   

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

1812  On December - 16 william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

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

1817  On December - 16 leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

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

1822  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer   

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens   

1825  On December - 16 henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1826  On December - 16 benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.   

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer on this day in history.   

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1485  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

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