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Historical Events In December - 16

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1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1748  On December - 16 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1761  On December - 16 russian army occupies Kolberg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1765  On December - 16 peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1767  On this day in history van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1770  On December - 16 ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  On this day in history boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1773  On this day in history big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1809  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1809  On December - 16 napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1809  On December - 16 peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  On December - 16 most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1817  On this day in history leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1827  On December - 16 john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Days In December

List Of Important Days In December

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Famous Birthdays In December - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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