Famous Birthdays In December - 16

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 December - 16.   

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

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

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 this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.   

1742  On December - 16 birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)   

1748  On this day in history birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1770  On December - 16 birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1775  On this day in history birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1775  Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on this day in history.   

1776  Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on December - 16.   

1777  On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer   

1787  Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)   

1804  Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 16 birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance   

1812  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 was born on December - 16.   

1819  On December - 16 birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on December - 16.   

1825  On December - 16 birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1825  On December - 16 birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer   

1827  On this day in history birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer   

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on December - 16.   

1830  John Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.   

1834  On December - 16 birth of leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)   

1847  On December - 16 birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer   

1850  Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) was born on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)   

1857  On this day in history birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)   

1861  Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

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0705  On December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  Death of Eberhard of Friuli on December - 16.   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

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 December - 16.   

1325  On this day in history 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.