Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

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

1761  On this day in history russian army occupies Kolberg   

1765  On this day in history peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 16.   

1775  On December - 16 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  On this day in history marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on December - 16.   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance   

1811  Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on December - 16.   

1811  On December - 16 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

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

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on December - 16.   

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  Great North Holland Canal opens on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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1485  On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII   

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

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

1714  On this day in history birth of george Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on December - 16.   

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

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 December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

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