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Historical Events In December - 16

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

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

1879  William Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail) on December - 16.  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  On December - 16 the birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1883  Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain) on this day in history.  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  On this day in history rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  On this day in history alphonse Juin, French marshal  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1892  On this day in history commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  On December - 16 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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1897  1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29) on December - 16.  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  Harold Walter Bailey, philologist on December - 16.  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  Majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter) on December - 16.  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 December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1905  Piet Hein, poet/inventor on December - 16.  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  Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise on December - 16.  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 December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  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  On December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.  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 this day in history.  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  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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