Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On this day in history georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on this day in history.   

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on this day in history.   

1765  Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on December - 16.   

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  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome   

1773  Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist   

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

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  On this day in history 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  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on this day in history.   

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 December - 16.   

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

1812  On December - 16 william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1816  On this day in history vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73   

1817  On this day in history leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon   

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

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on this day in history.   

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens   

1825  On this day in history henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

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

1827  On this day in history 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 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  On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

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

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  On December - 16 birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)   

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

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

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

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  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on December - 16.