Famous Personalities Born In December - 16
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1485 On December - 16 birth of catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII
1584 On this day in history birth of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)
1614 On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1622 On December - 16 birth of kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder
1652 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on December - 16.
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 this day in history.
1717 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1734 On December - 16 birth of georg Peter Weimar, composer
1742 Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) was born on December - 16.
1748 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer was born on December - 16.
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy) was born on this day in history.
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 Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.
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 December - 16.
1804 On December - 16 birth of viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
1809 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance was born on December - 16.
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 December - 16.
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 December - 16.
1847 On December - 16 birth of augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer
1850 On December - 16 birth of fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)
1851 On this day in history birth of theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)
1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite) was born on this day in history.
1861 On December - 16 birth of antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)