Events of the day 16 December

Celebrations 16 December

1954:

Was born Emil Iordache.

Francis Thompson1859:

Was born Francis Thompson.

Ludwig van Beethoven1770:

Was born Ludwig van Beethoven.

Margaret Mead1901:

Was born Margaret Mead.

Jane Austen1775:

Was born Jane Austen.

Arthur Charles Clarke1917:

Was born Arthur Charles Clarke.

George Santayana1863:

Was born George Santayana.

Noel Coward1899:

Was born Noel Coward.

1956:

Was born Calin-Andrei Mihailescu.

1943:

Was born Tudor Olteanu.


Commemorations 16 December

William Somerset Maugham1965:

Has died William Somerset Maugham.

Alphonse Daudet1897:

Has died Alphonse Daudet.

Wilhelm Grimm1859:

Has died Wilhelm Grimm.