Famous Birthdays In December - 16

1485  On this day in history 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  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 December - 16 birth of giovanni Maria Casini, composer   

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

1716  Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) was born on December - 16.   

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

1734  Georg Peter Weimar, composer was born on December - 16.   

1742  Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On December - 16 birth of ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1770  Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history birth of francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

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  On December - 16 birth of janos Fusz, composer   

1787  On this day in history birth of mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)   

1790  King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) was born on December - 16.   

1804  Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On December - 16 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 December - 16 birth of charles Edward Horsley, composer   

1825  On this day in history birth of henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1825  On December - 16 birth of robert Prescott Stewart, composer   

1827  On December - 16 birth of john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer   

1828  John Beatty, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on December - 16.   

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 December - 16.   

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

1857  On this day in history birth of edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)   

1861  Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on December - 16.   

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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 December - 16.   

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

0875  Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 on December - 16.   

0882  On this day in history john VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies   

0999  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  On this day in history death of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)   

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