Born on December 16th, 1788
Weekday
Tuesday
December 16th, 1788 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1788 - December 21st, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 85,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 38 days, exactly on June 2nd, 2024, people who were born on December 16th, 1788 will be 86,000 days old!
85,962 Days
12,280 Weeks
2,824 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_restored_%26_remastered_by_Amano1.jpg "Jane Austen")
41 Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester.jpg "Zara Larsson")
Leopold I of Belgium
German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)
*December 16th, 1790, Coburg †December 10th, 1865, Laeken - LakenEgill Jacobsen
Danish painter (1910-1998)
*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, CopenhagenKarl Heinz Oppel
German actor and voice actor
*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin
67 Mary Russell Mitford
English author and dramatist (1787–1855)
*December 16th, 1787, City of Winchester †January 10th, 1855, Swallowfield.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
86 Agnes Baden-Powell
British scouting pioneer
*December 16th, 1858, Paddington †June 2nd, 1945, EnglandNorbert Kunisch
German classical archaeologist
*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford
90 Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)
*December 16th, 1917, Minehead †March 19th, 2008, Colombo.jpg "Simon Grayson")
Robert Leinert
German politician (1873-1940)
*December 16th, 1873, Striesen †February 10th, 1940, Hanover
40 Ted Wilde
American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)
*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood.jpg "Rebecca Forstadt")
68 Nancy Andrews
American actress and singer (1924-1989)
*December 16th, 1920, Minneapolis †July 29th, 1989, QueensSame year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, London †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi
72 Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt
74 Boniface de Castellane
Marshal of France (1788-1862)
*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
39 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)
*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'AvrayGodefroy Engelmann
French-German lithographer (1788-1839)
*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, MulhouseRobert Peel
British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)
*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
*October 24th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia
63 Margaret Taylor
First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850
*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi
71 Walenty Zwierkowski
*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris
89 Antoine César Becquerel
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of ParisFrancesco Maria Avellino
Italian archaeologist, numismatist, art historian, legal historian, economist and academic (1788-1850)
*August 14th, 1788, Naples †January 9th, 1850, Naples
62 Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)
*May 25th, 1788, Vienna †April 18th, 1851, Pest
75 Charles Robert Cockerell
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
*April 27th, 1788, London †September 17th, 1863, London
76 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Archaeologist (1788-1865)
*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen
79 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist (1788-1868)
*September 10th, 1788, Perthes †August 5th, 1868, Abbeville
78 William Thomas Brande
British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813
*January 11th, 1788, London †February 11th, 1866, Tunbridge WellsBirthdays 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
16.12.1788
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1788 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).