Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer on December - 16.   

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

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

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg   

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

1767  On December - 16 van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers   

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

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) on December - 16.   

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome   

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

1773  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 on December - 16.   

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)   

1774  On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on this day in history.   

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on December - 16.   

1777  On December - 16 janos Fusz, composer   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on December - 16.   

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

1790  On this day in history ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38   

1809  On this day in history marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years   

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

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate   

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

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 this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

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  On this day in history benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.   

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

1622  On this day in history birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on December - 16.   

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  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 December - 16.   

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

1378  On December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat