Page 4: Historical Events In December - 16

1877  Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres on this day in history.   

1879  William Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail) on December - 16.   

1880  Republic of South-Africa forms on December - 16.   

1882  On December - 16 the birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer   

1882  On this day in history jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever)   

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 December - 16.   

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

1888  On December - 16 alphonse Juin, French marshal   

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on December - 16.   

1890  Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1897  On December - 16 the first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated   

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

1897  Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29) on this day in history.   

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

1899  On December - 16 harold Walter Bailey, philologist   

1900  Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony on this day in history.   

1900  Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers) on December - 16.   

1901  On this day in history boer general Kritzinger captured   

1901  On this day in history margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)   

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers   

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers   

1903  Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter) on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 16 edward Morris Bernstein, economist   

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

1905  On December - 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published   

1905  On December - 16 piet Hein, poet/inventor   

1906  On December - 16 john Morrison, politician/landowner   

1907  Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise on this day in history.   

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1485  On this day in history birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

1584  On this day in history 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  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.   

1716  On December - 16 birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

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

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 16 adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

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