Events of the day 16 December
Celebrations 16 December
1859:
Was born Francis Thompson.
1770:
Was born Ludwig van Beethoven.
1901:
Was born Margaret Mead.
1775:
Was born Jane Austen.
1917:
Was born Arthur Charles Clarke.
1863:
Was born George Santayana.
1899:
Was born Noel Coward.
1954:
Was born Emil Iordache.
1956:
Was born Calin-Andrei Mihailescu.
1943:
Was born Tudor Olteanu.
Commemorations 16 December
1965:
Has died William Somerset Maugham.
1897:
Has died Alphonse Daudet.
1859: