Born on December 16th, 1520
Weekday
Thursday
December 16th, 1520 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1520 - December 21st, 1520
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 183,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 151 days, exactly on September 24th, 2024, people who were born on December 16th, 1520 will be 184,000 days old!
183,849 Days
26,264 Weeks
6,040 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 16th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 16th
Born on December 16th, 1520
Barbara Radziwiłł
(1520-1551) queen-consort of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania
*December 16th, 1520, Vilnius †May 8th, 1551, KrakówSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 16th?
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56 Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer (1770–1827)
*December 16th, 1770, Bonn †March 26th, 1827, Vienna.jpg "Zara Larsson")
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41 Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester
50 Catherine of Aragon
First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)
*December 16th, 1485, Alcalá de Henares †January 7th, 1536, Kimbolton CastleKarl Heinz Oppel
German actor and voice actor
*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, BerlinEgill Jacobsen
Danish painter (1910-1998)
*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen.jpg "Margaret Mead")
76 Margaret Mead
American anthropologist (1901—1978)
*December 16th, 1901, Philadelphia †November 15th, 1978, New York City
73 Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer
*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly EstateNorbert Kunisch
German classical archaeologist
*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford.jpg "Simon Grayson")
86 Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer
*December 16th, 1858, Paddington †June 2nd, 1945, England
90 Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)
*December 16th, 1917, Minehead †March 19th, 2008, Colombo.jpg "Rebecca Forstadt")
58 Hans Bol
Flemish painter and draughtsman (1534-1593)
*December 16th, 1534, Mechelen †November 20th, 1593, Amsterdam
68 Nancy Andrews
American actress and singer (1924-1989)
*December 16th, 1920, Minneapolis †July 29th, 1989, QueensSame year
Born in 1520
51 Sigismund II Augustus
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
*August 1st, 1520, Kraków †July 7th, 1572, KnyszynSixtus V
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
*December 13th, 1520, Grottammare †August 27th, 1590, RomeMartha Leijonhufvud
Swedish noblewoman
*December 24th, 1520, Ekeberg †January 15th, 1584, StegeholmFXD.jpg "Alessandro Farnese")
68 Alessandro Farnese
Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)
*October 7th, 1520, Valentano †March 2nd, 1589, Rome.jpg "William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley")
77 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)
*September 13th, 1520, Bourne †August 4th, 1598, Westminster
55 Matthias Flacius
Croatian theologian (1520–1575)
*March 3rd, 1520, Labin †March 11th, 1575, FrankfurtFrancesco Piccolomini
Italian philosopher (1520-1604)
*January 25th, 1520, Siena †November 30th, 1603, SienaElisabeth von Pfalz-Simmern
German aristocrat
*February 13th, 1520, Simmern †February 18th, 1564, FürstenauThoinot Arbeau
French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)
*March 17th, 1520, Dijon †July 23rd, 1595, LangresMadeleine of Valois
Scottish royal consort
*August 10th, 1520, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †July 7th, 1537, Edinburgh
71 Heinrich Sudermann
German politician (1520-1591)
*August 31st, 1520, Cologne †September 7th, 1591, LübeckHermann tom Ring
German renaissance painter (1521-1596)
*November 30th, 1520, Münster †October 18th, 1596, MünsterBartholomäus Sastrow
German politician (1520–1603)
*August 21st, 1520, Greifswald †February 7th, 1603, StralsundDorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine
Electress Palatine (1520-1580)
*November 10th, 1520, Copenhagen †May 31st, 1580, Neumarkt in der OberpfalzBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 16th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born) which are celebrated on December 16th.
Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Adams_CramDecember 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_ReconciliationIndependence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kazakhstan)National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_dayNational Sports Day (Thailand)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ThailandThe first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America)
The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_PosadasThe first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines)
The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbang_GabiVictory Day (Bangladesh) and Victory Day (India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)Date as a Roman numeral / digit
16.12.1520
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1520 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).