Historical Events In December - 16

1877  On this day in history anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres   

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

1880  Republic of South-Africa forms on this day in history.   

1882  The birth of Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history alphonse Juin, French marshal   

1890  Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN on this day in history.   

1890  Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken) on this day in history.   

1892  Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history a "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Neth very old lady   

1893  Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres on December - 16.   

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

1895  Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

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

1897  1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on December - 16.   

1897  On this day in history jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)   

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

1899  On December - 16 harold Walter Bailey, philologist   

1900  On this day in history boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony   

1900  On this day in history victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author (Myth Makers)   

1901  On December - 16 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  Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers on this day in history.   

1903  Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history edward Morris Bernstein, economist   

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

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

1905  Piet Hein, poet/inventor on December - 16.   

1906  John Morrison, politician/landowner on this day in history.   

1907  Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise on December - 16.   

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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  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 December - 16 birth of louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)   

1717  On December - 16 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 December - 16.   

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

0882  On this day in history 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 December - 16 death of otto III of Montferrat