Page 2: Historical Events In December - 16

1734  On December - 16 georg Peter Weimar, composer   

1740  On December - 16 prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

1748  Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer on December - 16.   

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  On this day in history van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers   

1770  Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on Dec. 16, 1770 (baptized on Dec. 17, 1770) on this day in history.   

1770  On December - 16 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  Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history 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  Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) on December - 16.   

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

1775  On this day in history the birth of Jane Austen, English novelist   

1775  On December - 16 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer   

1777  On December - 16 janos Fusz, composer   

1781  Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84   

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

1809  On this day in history marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years   

1809  On December - 16 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  On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

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

1816  On December - 16 vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73   

1817  Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon on this day in history.   

1819  Robert Selden Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.   

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

1824  On December - 16 great North Holland Canal opens   

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

1826  Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia on December - 16.   

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

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1485  On December - 16 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 this day in history.   

1614  On December - 16 birth of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)   

1622  Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder was born on December - 16.   

1652  Giovanni Maria Casini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0705  Death of Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625) on December - 16.   

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

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  On this day in history death of otto III of Montferrat