Famous Birthdays In December - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1485 On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII
1584 John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on December - 16.
1614 Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.
1622 On December - 16 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 December - 16.
1716 On December - 16 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 this day in history.
1734 On December - 16 birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer
1742 On this day in history birth of gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
1748 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on this day in history.
1770 On this day in history birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)
1775 On December - 16 birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer
1775 Jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice) was born on this day in history.
1776 Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history birth of janos Fusz, composer
1787 On December - 16 birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
1790 On this day in history birth of king Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1804 On December - 16 birth of viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
1809 On this day in history birth of peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance
1812 William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 was born on December - 16.
1819 On this day in history birth of robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1822 Charles Edward Horsley, composer was born on December - 16.
1825 On this day in history birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1825 Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer
1828 On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914
1830 John Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1834 Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on this day in history.
1847 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on this day in history.
1850 Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) was born on December - 16.
1851 On this day in history birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)
1857 On December - 16 birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)
1861 Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.