Page 4: Historical Events In December - 16

1877  On December - 16 anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres   

1879  On December - 16 william Duncan, Scotland, actor (Thunder Trail)   

1880  On December - 16 republic of South-Africa forms   

1882  On this day in history the birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer   

1882  Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever) on this day in history.   

1883  On December - 16 max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director (Max Prend un Bain)   

1884  Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State on this day in history.   

1886  Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" on December - 16.   

1888  Alphonse Juin, French marshal on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN   

1890  On December - 16 harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)   

1892  On this day in history commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW   

1892  A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady on December - 16.   

1893  On December - 16 anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres   

1893  Vladimir Golschmann, Paris France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat on this day in history.   

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on December - 16.   

1897  On this day in history the first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated   

1897  On this day in history 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated   

1897  On December - 16 jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)   

1897  On December - 16 alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57   

1899  Harold Walter Bailey, philologist on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 16 boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony   

1900  On December - 16 victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers)   

1901  On this day in history boer general Kritzinger captured   

1901  On December - 16 margaret Mead, Phila, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)   

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes first in US to employ women ushers   

1903  On December - 16 majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers   

1903  On December - 16 hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter)   

1904  Edward Morris Bernstein, economist on this day in history.   

1905  "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published   

1905  Piet Hein, poet/inventor on this day in history.   

1906  On December - 16 john Morrison, politician/landowner   

1907  On this day in history great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1714  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.   

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

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

0705  On this day in history death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  Pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies on this day in history.   

0867  On December - 16 death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  On December - 16 ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75   

0882  On December - 16 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 December - 16 death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

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