Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on this day in history.   

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on December - 16.   

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

1773  On this day in history 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  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1775  On December - 16 the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist   

1775  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1777  On December - 16 janos Fusz, composer   

1781  On December - 16 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1811  On December - 16 most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region   

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

1819  On December - 16 robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1822  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer   

1824  Great North Holland Canal opens on December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 16 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 December - 16.   

1652  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0882  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  On this day in history 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