Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.  

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie  

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

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  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 December - 16.  

1773  On December - 16 boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1775  On December - 16 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  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  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38  

1809  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate  

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

1811  On this day in history most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

1811  On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

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  Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon on December - 16.  

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

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history great North Holland Canal opens  

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on December - 16.  

1826  Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia on December - 16.  

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

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  

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  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.  

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.  

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

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  

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

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli  

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

0882  On December - 16 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 December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat