Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.   

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

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

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on this day in history.   

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

1767  On this day in history van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers   

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

1770  On December - 16 ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome on December - 16.   

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  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1777  On December - 16 janos Fusz, composer   

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

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

1790  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

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  Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate on December - 16.   

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance on December - 16.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1822  On December - 16 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 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  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 this day in history.   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

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

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

0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

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

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

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 December - 16.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.