Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie  

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

1761  On December - 16 russian army occupies Kolberg  

1765  On December - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome  

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

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.  

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

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on December - 16.  

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer  

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1809  On December - 16 napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate  

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

1811  On December - 16 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  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 on this day in history.  

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

1827  On December - 16 john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer  

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII  

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

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)  

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.  

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  

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  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  

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

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

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

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

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 December - 16.  

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

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat