Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.  

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on December - 16.  

1748  On this day in history 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  On this day in history van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers  

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

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) on December - 16.  

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

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

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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 December - 16.  

1773  On this day in history big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)  

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

1775  On this day in history the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist  

1775  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer  

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

1809  On December - 16 marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years  

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

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate on this day in history.  

1809  On December - 16 peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance  

1811  On this day in history most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

1811  On December - 16 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

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

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on December - 16.  

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens  

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on December - 16.  

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

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  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

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  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.  

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.  

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

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

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 December - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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