Page 4: Historical Events In December - 16

1877  On December - 16 anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres   

1879  On December - 16 william Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail)   

1880  On this day in history republic of South-Africa forms   

1882  The birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer on this day in history.   

1882  Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever) on this day in history.   

1883  Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain) on December - 16.   

1884  Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State on this day in history.   

1886  Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" on December - 16.   

1888  On this day in history alphonse Juin, French marshal   

1890  On this day in history negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN   

1890  On December - 16 harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)   

1892  Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW on this day in history.   

1892  A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady on December - 16.   

1893  Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 16 vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat   

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on December - 16.   

1897  The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.   

1897  On December - 16 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated   

1897  On December - 16 jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)   

1897  On this day in history alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57   

1899  Harold Walter Bailey, philologist on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony   

1900  Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers) on this day in history.   

1901  On December - 16 boer general Kritzinger captured   

1901  On December - 16 margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)   

1903  Majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers on December - 16.   

1903  Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 16 hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter)   

1904  Edward Morris Bernstein, economist on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published   

1905  On this day in history "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published   

1905  On this day in history piet Hein, poet/inventor   

1906  On December - 16 john Morrison, politician/landowner   

1907  On this day in history great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 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 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 December - 16.   

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

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