Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

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 December - 16.   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.   

1714  On December - 16 birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

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

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on December - 16.   

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1775  On this day in history birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)   

1776  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)   

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on December - 16.   

1787  On December - 16 birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)   

1790  King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on December - 16.   

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  On December - 16 birth of william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 was born on December - 16.   

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

1825  Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on December - 16.   

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on this day in history.   

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on December - 16.   

1828  On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914   

1830  On December - 16 birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1834  On this day in history birth of leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)   

1847  On this day in history 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 December - 16 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat