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Historical Events In December - 16

Thursday, 08 June 2023

1877  Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  On December - 16 william Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  On December - 16 republic of South-Africa forms  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  The birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever) on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  On December - 16 max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On this day in history great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  On December - 16 alphonse Juin, French marshal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  On December - 16 harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On December - 16 commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On this day in history a "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  Vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  On December - 16 jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  On December - 16 alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On this day in history harold Walter Bailey, philologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On December - 16 victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  Boer general Kritzinger captured on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On this day in history majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  On December - 16 edward Morris Bernstein, economist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  On December - 16 piet Hein, poet/inventor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  John Morrison, politician/landowner on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On this day in history great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Days In December

List Of Important Days In December

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Famous Birthdays In December - 16

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1717  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 16

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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