Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on this day in history.   

1748  On December - 16 ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg   

1765  On December - 16 peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

1767  Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers on December - 16.   

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on December - 16.   

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

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome on this day in history.   

1773  Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor on December - 16.   

1773  On this day in history the Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.   

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on December - 16.   

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1775  On December - 16 the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist   

1775  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1783  On December - 16 johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

1790  On December - 16 ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate.   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate on December - 16.   

1809  Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance on this day in history.   

1811  Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on this day in history.   

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on December - 16.   

1812  William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1817  Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon on this day in history.   

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

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on December - 16.   

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens   

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

1826  Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia on December - 16.   

1827  On December - 16 john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer   

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

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

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

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

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.   

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

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli   

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

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on this day in history.   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat