December 16th, 1702

Born on December 16th, 1702

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 117,000 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

87

Egill Jacobsen

Danish painter (1910-1998)

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

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

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

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

62

LaChanze

American actress, singer, and dancer

*December 16th, 1961, St. Augustine

90

Arthur C. Clarke

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

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

70

Rebecca Forstadt

American voice actress

*December 16th, 1953, Denver

76

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

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

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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55

Carlo Ginori

Italian noble, politician and entrapreneur (1702-1757)

*January 7th, 1702, Florence †April 11th, 1757, Livorno

59

Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble (1702-1762)

*June 13th, 1702, Olyka †May 15th, 1762, Niasviž

86

Jack Broughton

British boxer

*November 30th, 1702, London †January 8th, 1789, London

70

Enrique Flórez

Spanish historian

*July 21st, 1702, Valladolid †May 5th, 1773, Madrid

49

Philip Doddridge

English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter

*June 26th, 1702, London †October 26th, 1751, Lisbon

35

Nakamikado

Emperor of Japan

*January 14th, 1702, Kyoto †May 10th, 1737, Kyoto

45

Muhammad Shah

Mughal emperor of India

*August 17th, 1702, Fatehpur Sikri †April 26th, 1748, Red Fort

67

Prince Joseph Friedrich Ernst I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1715–1769)

*May 24th, 1702, Sigmaringen †December 8th, 1769, Haigerloch

70

Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey

German archivist

*August 7th, 1702, Oldenburg †May 14th, 1773, Aurich

82

Karl Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein

German prince

*April 28th, 1702, Brno †October 24th, 1784, Mikulov

77

Hermann Werner Asseburg

17 Feb 1702 Paderborn - 21 Jun 1779 Hinnenburg

*February 17th, 1702, Paderborn †July 21st, 1779, Schloss Hinnenburg

74

Johann Adam von Ickstatt

German educator

*January 6th, 1702, Vockenhausen †August 17th, 1776, Waldsassen

70

Johann Friedrich Gühling

German author and theologian (1702-1772)

*March 5th, 1702, Chemnitz †May 12th, 1772, Chemnitz

61

Frederick Augustus Rutowsky

German general

*June 19th, 1702, Warsaw †March 16th, 1764, Pillnitz

64

Joseph Aved

French painter (1702-1766)

*January 12th, 1702, Douai †March 4th, 1766, Paris

21

Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg

Princess of Anhalt-Köthen

*January 24th, 1702, Bernburg †April 4th, 1723, Köthen

84

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German prince

*October 8th, 1702, Hildburghausen †January 14th, 1787, Hildburghausen

62

Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz

Austrian politician (1702-1765)

*December 11th, 1702, Chróstnik †August 30th, 1765, Miroslavské Knínice

67

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince and regent

*August 2nd, 1702, Dessau †December 2nd, 1769, Dessau

80

Henriette Marie of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Granddaughter of the Great Elector and the daughter of Philip William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

*March 2nd, 1702, Berlin †May 7th, 1782, Köpenick Palace

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1702 is a normal year and no leap year.

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