December 16
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December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining after December 16 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1485 – Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
- 1742 – Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher, Prussian field marshal (d. 1819)
- 1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
- 1775 – Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
- 1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
- 1790 – King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
- 1804 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
- 1863 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (d. 1962)
- 1866 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born abstract painter (d. 1944)
- 1869 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
- 1882 – Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
- 1888 – King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
- 1899 – Noel Coward, English playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)
- 1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, British writer (d. 2008)
- 1918 – Pierre Delanoe, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Geir Hallgrimsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1990)
- 1928 – Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
- 1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
- 1939 – Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Donald Carcieri, American politician
- 1943 – Tony Hicks, English guitarist (The Hollies)
- 1944 – N!xau, Namibian actor and bush farmer (d. 2003)
- 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
- 1948 – Christopher Biggins, English actor
- 1948 – Pat Quinn, American politician
- 1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
- 1956 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (d. 2008)
- 1961 – Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994)
- 1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor
- 1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor
- 1964 – Heike Drechsler, German athlete
- 1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer
- 1972 – Zeljko Kalac, Australian footballer
- 1973 – Mariza, Portuguese singer
- 1977 – Silvain Distin, French footballer
- 1979 – Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
- 1979 – Flo Rida, American rapper
- 1982 – Stanislav Sestak, Slovakian footballer
- 1982 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1983 – Danielle Lloyd, English model
- 1987 – Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
- 1988 – Mats Hummels, German footballer
[change] Deaths
- 705 – Empress Wu of Zhou (China; b. 625)
- 714 – Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
- 999 – Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
- 1325 – Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
- 1379 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
- 1470 – John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
- 1515 – Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (b. 1453)
- 1669 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician
- 1687 – William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1751 – Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
- 1774 – François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
- 1783 – Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
- 1783 – Sir William James British naval commander (b. 1720)
- 1809 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
- 1859 – Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
- 1898 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
- 1914 – Ivan Zajc, Austro-Hungarian composer (b. 1832)
- 1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
- 1921 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
- 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865)
- 1928 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
- 1945 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866)
- 1945 – Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
- 1949 – Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873)
- 1956 – Nina Hamnett, British artist (b. 1890)
- 1965 – Salote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (b. 1900)
- 1965 – W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874)
- 1977 – Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
- 1980 – Colonel Harland Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
- 1980 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
- 1982 – Colin Chapman, British engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
- 1985 – Paul Castellano, American mafioso (b. 1915)
- 1985 – Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
- 1989 – Silvana Magnano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
- 1989 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1989 – Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1990 – Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
- 1993 – Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1993 – Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
- 1995 – Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
- 1996 – Quentin Bell, British art historian (b. 1910)
- 2001 – Stefan Heym, German writer (b. 1913)
- 2003 – Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Gary Stewart, American musician, singer and songwriter (suicide) (b. 1945)
- 2004 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Kenneth Bulmer, British author (b.1921)
- 2005 – John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Dan Fogelberg, American musician (b. 1951)
- 2009 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Yegor Gaidar, Soviet politician (b. 1956)
- 2011 – Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician (b. 1929)
[change] Events
- 1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.
- 1631 – An eruption of Mount Vesuvius kills around 4,000 people.
- 1653 – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 1689 – Convention Parliament: In England, the Declaration of the Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
- 1707 – The last eruption of Mount Fuji, to date, occurs.
- 1773 – Boston Tea Party: American patriots dump crates of tea into Boston Harbor at protest against the tea act.
- 1811 – The first in a series of strong earthquakes hits New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1830 – Uruguay adopts its current flag.
- 1899 – AC Milan FC is founded.
- 1920 – An earthquake in Gansu province in China kills an estimated 200,000 people.
- 1922 – Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated.
- 1946 – Thailand joins the UN.
- 1965 – Taufa'ahau Tupou IV becomes King of Tonga.
- 1971 – Bahrain becomes independent.
- 1971 – The Bangladesh War of Independence and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 come to an end.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left peace negotiations.
- 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Clashes begins between protestors and Securitate in Timisoara, Romania.
- 1991 – Egyptian ferry Salem Express crashes into a reef and sinks, killing over 700 people. 200 can be rescued.
- 1991 – Kazakhstan becomes independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis: The United Kingdom and United States bomb targets in Iraq.
[change] Observances
- Independence Day (Kazakhstan)
- Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
- Victory Day (India and Bangladesh)
