Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  Prussian Libya falls to Silezie on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer   

1761  Russian army occupies Kolberg on December - 16.   

1765  On December - 16 peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor   

1767  Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers on December - 16.   

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

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 December - 16.   

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

1773  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 on this day in history.   

1773  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on this day in history.   

1774  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1775  The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist on December - 16.   

1775  Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer on December - 16.   

1777  On this day in history janos Fusz, composer   

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  Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empress Josephine are divorced by an act of the French Senate on December - 16.   

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  On December - 16 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

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 December - 16.   

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

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on December - 16.   

1822  Charles Edward Horsley, composer on December - 16.   

1824  Great North Holland Canal opens on December - 16.   

1825  On December - 16 henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

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  On this day in history john A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer   

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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 this day in history birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  On December - 16 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 16 death of empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)   

0714  On this day in history 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  On this day in history adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68   

1325  Death of Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) on December - 16.   

1378  Death of Otto III of Montferrat on this day in history.