Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on December - 16.   

1584  John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 16.   

1770  On December - 16 birth of ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history birth of jane Austin, England, novelist (Pride & Prejudice)   

1776  On December - 16 birth of johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)   

1777  Janos Fusz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1787  On December - 16 birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)   

1790  King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer   

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

1825  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer was born on December - 16.   

1827  John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1828  On December - 16 birth of john Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914   

1830  On December - 16 birth of john Frederick Hartranft, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1834  Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory) was born on this day in history.   

1847  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer was born on December - 16.   

1850  On December - 16 birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)   

1851  Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) was born on December - 16.   

1857  Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on December - 16.   

1861  On this day in history birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)   

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

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

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  On December - 16 john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 on December - 16.   

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