Born on December 16th, 1576
Weekday
Thursday
December 16th, 1576 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1576 - December 21st, 1576
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 163,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 596 days, exactly on December 22nd, 2025, people who were born on December 16th, 1576 will be 164,000 days old!
163,404 Days
23,343 Weeks
5,368 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
Same 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, WinchesterKarl 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 Estate
50 Catherine of Aragon
First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)
*December 16th, 1485, Alcalá de Henares †January 7th, 1536, Kimbolton Castle
69 John Selden
English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law (1584-1654)
*December 16th, 1584, Sussex †November 30th, 1654, LondonNorbert Kunisch
German classical archaeologist
*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford.jpg "Simon Grayson")
55 Livia della Rovere
Italian noble (1585-1641)
*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa
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")
Same year
Born in 1576
35 Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1576-1612)
*November 18th, 1576, Hanau †August 9th, 1612, Hanau
Alix Le Clerc
French founder of a religious order providing education to girls (1576-1622)
*February 2nd, 1576, Remiremont †January 9th, 1622, NancyCountess Louise Juliana of Nassau
Electress Palatine (1576-1644)
*March 31st, 1576, Delft †March 15th, 1644, KönigsbergDuchess Anna I, Duchess of Prussia
Duchess of Prussia
*July 3rd, 1576, Königsberg †August 30th, 1625, BerlinPetrus Scriverius
Dutch writer, philologist and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Petrus Scriverius
*January 12th, 1576, Haarlem †April 30th, 1660, OudewaterJohann Kromayer
German educationist (1576-1643)
*December 8th, 1576, Döbeln †July 13th, 1643, WeimarPietro Paolo Bonzi
Painter of still lifes (1576-1636)
*January 1st, 1576, Cortona †March 17th, 1636, RomeScipione Borghese
17th-century Catholic cardinal
*November 30th, 1576, Artena †October 2nd, 1633, RomeHerman Wenceslas Czernin of Chudenice
Czech hofmeister and nobleman
*July 24th, 1576, Nedrahovice †February 6th, 1651, Kost CastleRoger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
Scholar and writer of Elizabethan England
*October 16th, 1576, Belvoir Castle †June 26th, 1612, CambridgeRoque González de Santa Cruz
Paraguayan missionary
*November 17th, 1576, Asunción †November 15th, 1628, São Miguel das MissõesEric of Lorraine
French Bishop of Verdun and half brother of Louise of Lorraine, Queen consort of France.
*March 14th, 1576, Nancy †April 27th, 1623, NancyThomas Dudley
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576-1653)
*October 12th, 1576, Yardley Hastings †July 31st, 1653, RoxburyCaspar Schoppe
German scholar (1576-1649)
*May 27th, 1576, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †November 19th, 1649, PaduaRudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Prince of Anhalt, then Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621)
*October 28th, 1576, Harzgerode †August 20th, 1621, ZerbstBirthdays 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
16.12.1576
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1576 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).