Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.  

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie  

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on December - 16.  

1761  On December - 16 russian army occupies Kolberg  

1765  Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.  

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

1770  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 16.  

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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 this day in history.  

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on December - 16.  

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

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

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 December - 16.  

1809  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on this day in history.  

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 this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance  

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

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  On December - 16 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73  

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  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on December - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.  

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 this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  

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 this day in history.  

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.  

0875  On December - 16 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  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  

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