Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

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

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on this day in history.   

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

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg   

1765  On this day in history 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  On this day in history boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor   

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 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  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on December - 16.   

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  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  On December - 16 marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on December - 16.   

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

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 16 leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

1819  On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

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 December - 16 birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)   

1614  On this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  On December - 16 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  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

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

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

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  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

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