Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

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

1740  On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on this day in history.   

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on this day in history.   

1765  Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor on this day in history.   

1767  Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers on this day in history.   

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on December - 16.   

1770  On this day in history ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)   

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome on this day in history.   

1773  On December - 16 boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor   

1773  On December - 16 the Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.   

1773  On December - 16 big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)   

1774  On December - 16 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

1775  On December - 16 the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist   

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

1777  Janos Fusz, composer on this day in history.   

1781  On December - 16 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56   

1783  Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1790  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 on December - 16.   

1809  Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate.   

1809  Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch attorney/liberal minister of Finance   

1811  On this day in history most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region   

1811  Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on December - 16.   

1812  On December - 16 william Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1816  Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1817  Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon on December - 16.   

1819  On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861   

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on this day in history.   

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens   

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

1826  On this day in history benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.   

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

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1485  Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

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

1614  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) was born on December - 16.   

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  George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) was born on December - 16.   

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)   

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

0714  On this day in history pippin II, of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies   

0867  On this day in history death of eberhard of Friuli   

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

0882  John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies on December - 16.   

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