Historical Events In December - 16

1877  On this day in history anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres  

1879  William Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail) on this day in history.  

1880  On December - 16 republic of South-Africa forms  

1882  On this day in history the birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer  

1882  On December - 16 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  On December - 16 rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"  

1888  Alphonse Juin, French marshal on December - 16.  

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on this day in history.  

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1890  On this day in history harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)  

1892  On December - 16 commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW  

1892  A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady on this day in history.  

1893  Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on December - 16.  

1893  Vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat on December - 16.  

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.  

1897  The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on December - 16.  

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 December - 16.  

1897  Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1899  Harold Walter Bailey, philologist on December - 16.  

1900  Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony on December - 16.  

1900  On this day in history victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers)  

1901  On this day in history boer general Kritzinger captured  

1901  Margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa) on this day in history.  

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

1903  Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers on December - 16.  

1903  On this day in history hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter)  

1904  Edward Morris Bernstein, economist on December - 16.  

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

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

1905  Piet Hein, poet/inventor on this day in history.  

1906  John Morrison, politician/landowner on this day in history.  

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

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

1584  On December - 16 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 December - 16 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  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)  

0714  On December - 16 pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies  

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.  

0875  On this day in history ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75  

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

0999  On this day in history 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  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat