Events of the day 16 December

Events of the day 15 December

Events of the day 17 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:

Has died Wilhelm Grimm.