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Dec 16 1584

John Selden English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)

Dec 16 1614

Eberhard III Duke of Wrttemberg (d. 1674)

Dec 16 1716

Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini Duc de Nivernais French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)

Dec 16 1717

Elizabeth Carter English poet bluestocking and translator (All the Works of Epictetus Which Are Now Extant) born in Deal England (d. 1806)

Dec 16 1742

Gebhard Frst Blcher von Wahlstatt German Field Marshal (d. 1819)

Dec 16 1776

Johann Wilhelm Ritter German physicist (d. 1810)

Dec 16 1777

Janos Fusz Hungarian-German composer born in Tolna Hungary (d. 1819)

Dec 16 1787

Mary Russell Mitford English writer (d. 1855)

Dec 16 1804

Viktor Bunyakovsky Russian mathematician (d. 1889)

Dec 16 1809

Peter P van Bosse Dutch attorneyliberal minister of Finance

Dec 16 1812

William Grose American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Dayton Ohio (d. 1900)

Dec 16 1819

Robert Selden Garnett Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1861)

Dec 16 1825

Henry Heth Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1899)

Dec 16 1827

John A C Oudemans Dutch geographerastronomer

Dec 16 1828

John Beatty American banker statesman and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Sandusky Ohio (d. 1914)

Dec 16 1830

John Frederick Hartranft American politician 17th Governor of Pennsylvania (1873-1879) and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in New Hanover Township Pennsylvania (d. 1889)

Dec 16 1834

Leon Walras French economist (border use theory)

Dec 16 1850

Fred Morley cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)

Dec 16 1851

Theodoor H de Meester Dutch premier (1905-08)

Dec 16 1857

E. E. [Edward Emerson] Barnard American astronomer (Jupiters 5th satellite) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1923)

Dec 16 1861

Antonio de La Gandara French painter (d. 1917)

Dec 16 1862

Eugene Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe)

Dec 16 1863

George Santayana Spanish philosopherpoethumanist (Last Puritan)

Dec 16 1863

Ralph Adams Cram American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC)

Dec 16 1867

Amy Carmichael missionary in Dohnavur India (d. 1951)

Dec 16 1869

Albert F Pollard British historian (Dict of natural biography)

Dec 16 1869

Hristo Tatarchev Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)

Dec 16 1872

Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian general (d. 1947)

Dec 16 1879

William Duncan Scottish actor (Hopalong Rides Again Thunder Trail) born in Dundee Tayside Scotland (d. 1961)

Dec 16 1882

Jack Hobbs cricketer (1st-class runs the most ever)

Dec 16 1882

John Berry Hobbs England 1st cricket played knighted (1953)

Dec 16 1882

Walther Meissner German physicist (Meissner effect)

Dec 16 1882

Zoltn Kodly Hungarian composer (d. 1967)

Dec 16 1392 Nanboku-ch - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.

Dec 16 1431 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France

Dec 16 1538 King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants

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