Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on December - 16.   

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

1761  On December - 16 russian army occupies Kolberg   

1765  Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.   

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

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on December - 16.   

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

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

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer   

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

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on December - 16.   

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1809  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on December - 16.   

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

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 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  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1822  On December - 16 charles Edward Horsley, composer   

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens   

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 16.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

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 December - 16.   

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

1714  On December - 16 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 December - 16.   

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.   

0999  On December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.