Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer  

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie  

1748  On this day in history ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer  

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg  

1765  On December - 16 peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on this day in history.  

1774  On December - 16 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 this day in history francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer  

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56  

1783  On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84  

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.  

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

1809  On December - 16 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 December - 16.  

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  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900  

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 this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer  

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens  

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

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  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer on December - 16.  

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

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.  

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

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.  

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

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

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

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat