December 16th, 1671

Born on December 16th, 1671

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 128,000 days old!

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What happened on December 16th?

December 16th, 2014

A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.

December 16th, 2012

A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.

December 16th, 1997

Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.

December 16th, 1971

The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War.

December 16th, 1942

World War II: Americans engaged Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.

December 16th, 1938

Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German Mother as an order of merit for German mothers with at least four children.

December 16th, 1930

German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police.

December 16th, 1922

Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.

December 16th, 1918

Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.

December 16th, 1914

First World War: The Imperial German Navy attacked ports in northern England, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties.

December 16th, 1901

English writer Beatrix Potter privately published 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (illustration shown) after several publishers' rejections.

December 16th, 1893

Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

December 16th, 1850

Settlers of the Canterbury Association (poster pictured) aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand.

December 16th, 1811

The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes struck the Midwestern United States and made the Mississippi River appear to run backward.

December 16th, 1773

American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor (pictured) to protest British taxation without representation.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 16th?

56

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770–1827)

*December 16th, 1770, Bonn †March 26th, 1827, Vienna

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

41

Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

87

Egill Jacobsen

Danish painter (1910-1998)

*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen

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

77

Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and composer

*December 16th, 1946, Stockholm

86

Agnes Baden-Powell

British scouting pioneer

*December 16th, 1858, Paddington †June 2nd, 1945, England

83

Norbert Kunisch

German classical archaeologist

*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford

54

Simon Grayson

English footballer and manager (born 1969)

*December 16th, 1969, Ripon

90

Arthur C. Clarke

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)

*December 16th, 1917, Minehead †March 19th, 2008, Colombo

62

LaChanze

American actress, singer, and dancer

*December 16th, 1961, St. Augustine

70

Rebecca Forstadt

American voice actress

*December 16th, 1953, Denver

25

Reece Oxford

English association football player (born 1998)

*December 16th, 1998, Edmonton

77

Barbara Smith

American activist and academic (born 1946)

*December 16th, 1946, Cleveland

77

Christian Wermuth

German medallist

*December 16th, 1661, Altenburg †December 3rd, 1739, Gotha

40

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

66

Robert Leinert

German politician (1873-1940)

*December 16th, 1873, Striesen †February 10th, 1940, Hanover

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Born in 1671

57

John Law

Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)

*April 21st, 1671, Edinburgh †March 21st, 1729, Venice

79

Tomaso Albinoni

Italian composer and violinist (1671–1751)

*June 8th, 1671, Venice †January 17th, 1751, Venice

68

Adalbert von Falkenstein

German priest

*January 17th, 1671, Freiburg im Breisgau †September 27th, 1739, Timișoara

46

Johann Burchard Freystein

German hymnwriter

*April 18th, 1671, Weißenfels †April 1st, 1718, Dresden

75

Gabriel de Gabrieli

Swiss architect

*December 18th, 1671, Roveredo †March 21st, 1747, Eichstätt

75

Franz Conrad Romanus

German politician (1671-1746)

*March 7th, 1671, Leipzig †May 14th, 1746, Königstein Fortress

51

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop (1671-1723)

*December 5th, 1671, Munich †November 12th, 1723, Bonn

86

Colley Cibber

British poet laureate (1671–1757)

*November 6th, 1671, London †December 11th, 1757, London

70

Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf

Sinzend, Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von (1671-1742)

*December 26th, 1671, Vienna †February 8th, 1742, Vienna

55

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Queen of Poland

*December 19th, 1671, Bayreuth †September 4th, 1727, Pretzsch (Elbe)

59

Gelasius Hieber

German historian, mathematician, theologian and priest

*September 22nd, 1671, Dinkelsbühl †February 12th, 1731, Munich

59

John Wentworth

Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire

*January 16th, 1671, Portsmouth †December 12th, 1730

59

Frederick IV of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway

*October 11th, 1671, Copenhagen Castle †October 12th, 1730, Odense Palace

79

Michele Rocca

Italian painter (1671-1752)

*January 1st, 1671, Parma †November 30th, 1750, Venice

41

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

*February 26th, 1671, London †February 4th, 1713, Naples

85

Erdmann Neumeister

German theologian and hymnwriter

*May 12th, 1671, Uichteritz †August 18th, 1756, Hamburg

49

Johann Christoph Bach III

Organist in Ohrdruf

*June 16th, 1671, Erfurt †February 22nd, 1721, Ohrdruf

61

Bogislaus Bodo von Flemming

(1671-1732)

*April 24th, 1671, Stargard †October 14th, 1732, Świerzno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

63

Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1671-1735)

*July 22nd, 1671, Wolfenbüttel †March 1st, 1735, Brunswick

49

John Keill

Scottish mathematician

*December 1st, 1671, Edinburgh †August 31st, 1721, Oxford

Birthdays of famous people

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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1671 is a normal year and no leap year.

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