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| December 16th, 2007 (December 16 2007) | Death | Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (born in 1951) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1940) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (born in 1950) | |
| December 16th, 2006 (December 16 2006) | Death | Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (born in 1922) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | Kenneth Bulmer, English author (born in 1921) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (born in 1937) | |
| December 16th, 2005 (December 16 2005) | Death | John Spencer, American actor (born in 1946) | |
| December 16th, 2004 (December 16 2004) | Death | Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (born in 1933) | |
| December 16th, 2003 (December 16 2003) | Death | Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (born in 1914) | |
| December 16th, 2003 (December 16 2003) | Death | Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (born in 1945) | |
| December 16th, 2001 (December 16 2001) | Death | Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (born in 1958) | Scott Adams Quotes |
| December 16th, 2001 (December 16 2001) | Death | Stefan Heym, German author (born in 1913) | |
| December 16th, 1998 (December 16 1998) | Event | Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert FoxThe United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq. | |
| December 16th, 1998 (December 16 1998) | Death | William Gaddis, American writer (born in 1922) | |
| December 16th, 1997 (December 16 1997) | Death | Nicolette Larson, American singer (born in 1952) | |
| December 16th, 1996 (December 16 1996) | Death | Quentin Bell, English art historian (born in 1910) | |
| December 16th, 1995 (December 16 1995) | Death | Johnny Moss, American poker player (born in 1907) | |
| December 16th, 1995 (December 16 1995) | Death | Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (born in 1939) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Moses Gunn, American actor (born in 1929) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1918) | |
| December 16th, 1993 (December 16 1993) | Death | Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (born in 1973) | |
| December 16th, 1991 (December 16 1991) | Event | United Nations General Assembly: UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 revokes UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 after Israel makes revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. | |
| December 16th, 1991 (December 16 1991) | Event | Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan. | |
| December 16th, 1990 (December 16 1990) | Death | Douglas Campbell, American pilot (born in 1896) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Event | Protest breaks out in Timisoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor, Laszlo Tokes. | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Event | Walter LeRoy Moody begins his terrorist bombing streak when he sends Judge Robert Smith Vance a bomb in the mail, instantly killing him near his house in Birmingham, Alabama. | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Argentine racing driver (born in 1913) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (born in 1930) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Aileen Pringle, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| December 16th, 1989 (December 16 1989) | Death | Lee Van Cleef, American actor (born in 1925) | |
| December 16th, 1988 (December 16 1988) | Birth | Anna Popplewell, English actress | |
| December 16th, 1988 (December 16 1988) | Death | Sylvester, American singer (born in 1948) | |
| December 16th, 1987 (December 16 1987) | Birth | Hallee Hirsh, American actress | |
| December 16th, 1986 (December 16 1986) | Event | Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev s tenure | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Event | Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family. | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Birth | Keita Tachibana, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Death | Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (born in 1940) | |
| December 16th, 1985 (December 16 1985) | Death | Paul Castellano, American mafioso (born in 1915) | |
| December 16th, 1984 (December 16 1984) | Death | Debs Garms, American baseball player (born in 1907) | |
| December 16th, 1983 (December 16 1983) | Birth | Kelenna Azubuike, English basketball player | |
| December 16th, 1983 (December 16 1983) | Birth | Danielle Lloyd, English model | |
| December 16th, 1982 (December 16 1982) | Event | The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%. | |
| December 16th, 1982 (December 16 1982) | Birth | Garnon Davies, Welsh actor | |
| December 16th, 1982 (December 16 1982) | Birth | Antrel Rolle, National Football League defensive back | |
| December 16th, 1982 (December 16 1982) | Death | Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (born in 1928) | Colin Chapman Quotes |
| December 16th, 1981 (December 16 1981) | Birth | Flo Rida, American rapper | |
| December 16th, 1981 (December 16 1981) | Birth | Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer | |
| December 16th, 1981 (December 16 1981) | Birth | Took Leng How, Malaysian criminal (died in 2006) | |
| December 16th, 1981 (December 16 1981) | Birth | Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer | |
| December 16th, 1980 (December 16 1980) | Death | Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (born in 1890) | |
| December 16th, 1980 (December 16 1980) | Death | Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (born in 1900) | |
| December 16th, 1979 (December 16 1979) | Event | Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, having an immediate dramatic effect on the United States. | |
| December 16th, 1979 (December 16 1979) | Birth | Mihai Traistariu, Romanian singer | |
| December 16th, 1979 (December 16 1979) | Birth | Jessie Ward, American professional wrestler | |
| December 16th, 1979 (December 16 1979) | Birth | Trevor Immelman, South African golfer | |
| December 16th, 1978 (December 16 1978) | Event | Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks. | |
| December 16th, 1978 (December 16 1978) | Birth | Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer | |
| December 16th, 1978 (December 16 1978) | Birth | Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins) | |
| December 16th, 1977 (December 16 1977) | Birth | Eric Belanger, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 16th, 1977 (December 16 1977) | Birth | Sylvain Distin, French footballer | |
| December 16th, 1977 (December 16 1977) | Death | Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (born in 1934) | |
| December 16th, 1976 (December 16 1976) | Death | Real Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (born in 1917) | Cao Cao Quotes |
| December 16th, 1975 (December 16 1975) | Birth | Valentin Badoi, Romanian footballer | |
| December 16th, 1975 (December 16 1975) | Birth | Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone) | |
| December 16th, 1975 (December 16 1975) | Birth | Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) | |
| December 16th, 1975 (December 16 1975) | Birth | Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor | |
| December 16th, 1974 (December 16 1974) | Birth | Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress | |
| December 16th, 1973 (December 16 1973) | Birth | Themba Mnguni, South African footballer | |
| December 16th, 1973 (December 16 1973) | Birth | Scott Storch, Canadian-American hip-hop producer | |
| December 16th, 1972 (December 16 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris. | Henry Kissinger Quotes |
| December 16th, 1972 (December 16 1972) | Birth | Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress | |
| December 16th, 1972 (December 16 1972) | Birth | Charles Gipson, American baseball player | |
| December 16th, 1972 (December 16 1972) | Birth | Zeljko Kalac, Australian soccer player | |
| December 16th, 1971 (December 16 1971) | Event | Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts. | |
| December 16th, 1971 (December 16 1971) | Event | Independence Day of the State of Bahrain from British Protectorate Status | |
| December 16th, 1971 (December 16 1971) | Birth | Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men) | |
| December 16th, 1971 (December 16 1971) | Birth | Paul van Dyk, German DJ | |
| December 16th, 1967 (December 16 1967) | Birth | Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter | |
| December 16th, 1967 (December 16 1967) | Birth | Miranda Otto, Australian actress | |
| December 16th, 1966 (December 16 1966) | Birth | Clifford Robinson, American basketball player | |
| December 16th, 1966 (December 16 1966) | Birth | Dennis Wise, English footballer | |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. | Robert McNamara Quotes |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Birth | Chris Jones, American baseball player | |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Birth | Melanie Sloan, American attorney | |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Birth | Nancy Valen, American actress | |
| December 16th, 1965 (December 16 1965) | Death | W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (born in 1874) | |
| December 16th, 1964 (December 16 1964) | Birth | Heike Drechsler, East German-born sprinter | |
| December 16th, 1964 (December 16 1964) | Birth | Georgie Parker, Australian actress | |
| December 16th, 1964 (December 16 1964) | Birth | Billy Ripken, American baseball player | |
| December 16th, 1963 (December 16 1963) | Birth | Benjamin Bratt, American actor | |
| December 16th, 1963 (December 16 1963) | Birth | Jeff Carson, American singer | |
| December 16th, 1963 (December 16 1963) | Birth | James Mangold, American film director and screenwriter | |
| December 16th, 1962 (December 16 1962) | Birth | Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress | |
| December 16th, 1962 (December 16 1962) | Birth | William "The Refrigerator" Perry, American football player | |
| December 16th, 1961 (December 16 1961) | Birth | Bill Hicks, American comedian (died in 1994) | Bill Hicks Quotes |
| December 16th, 1961 (December 16 1961) | Birth | Jon Tenney, American actor | |
| December 16th, 1960 (December 16 1960) | Event | 1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York s Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134. | |
| December 16th, 1960 (December 16 1960) | Birth | Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer | |
| December 16th, 1957 (December 16 1957) | Event | Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan. | |
| December 16th, 1956 (December 16 1956) | Death | Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (born in 1890) | |
| December 16th, 1955 (December 16 1955) | Birth | Xander Berkeley, American actor | |
| December 16th, 1955 (December 16 1955) | Birth | Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este | |
| December 16th, 1952 (December 16 1952) | Birth | Joel Garner, Barbadian West Indies cricketer | |
| December 16th, 1952 (December 16 1952) | Birth | Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer | |
| December 16th, 1951 (December 16 1951) | Birth | Robben Ford, American guitarist | |
| December 16th, 1950 (December 16 1950) | Event | President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War. | Harry S. Truman Quotes |
| December 16th, 1950 (December 16 1950) | Birth | Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (died in 2007) | |
| December 16th, 1950 (December 16 1950) | Birth | Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (died in 2006) | |
| December 16th, 1949 (December 16 1949) | Event | Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden. | |
| December 16th, 1949 (December 16 1949) | Birth | Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top) | |
| December 16th, 1949 (December 16 1949) | Death | Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (born in 1873) | |
| December 16th, 1948 (December 16 1948) | Birth | Christopher Biggins, English actor | |
| December 16th, 1947 (December 16 1947) | Event | William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor. | |
| December 16th, 1947 (December 16 1947) | Birth | Ben Cross, English actor | |
| December 16th, 1947 (December 16 1947) | Birth | Vincent Matthews, American sprinter | |
| December 16th, 1946 (December 16 1946) | Event | Leon Blum becomes Prime Minister of France. | |
| December 16th, 1946 (December 16 1946) | Birth | Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA) | |
| December 16th, 1946 (December 16 1946) | Birth | Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Birth | Patti Deutsch, American actress and Match Game panelist | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Birth | Bobby George, English professional darts player | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Birth | Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Death | Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (born in 1866) | |
| December 16th, 1945 (December 16 1945) | Death | Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1891) | |
| December 16th, 1944 (December 16 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of the BulgeGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower s allied forces and Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt s German army engage in the Belgian Ardennes. | Gerd von Rundstedt Quotes |
| December 16th, 1943 (December 16 1943) | Birth | Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer | |
| December 16th, 1943 (December 16 1943) | Birth | Tony Hicks, English guitarist (The Hollies) | |
| December 16th, 1942 (December 16 1942) | Event | Holocaust: PorajmosHeinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. | Heinrich Himmler Quotes |
| December 16th, 1942 (December 16 1942) | Birth | Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island | |
| December 16th, 1941 (December 16 1941) | Event | World War II: Japanese occupy Miri, Sarawak | |
| December 16th, 1941 (December 16 1941) | Birth | Lesley Stahl, American journalist | |
| December 16th, 1940 (December 16 1940) | Death | Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (born in 1866) | |
| December 16th, 1938 (December 16 1938) | Event | Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| December 16th, 1938 (December 16 1938) | Birth | Frank Deford, American sportswriter | |
| December 16th, 1938 (December 16 1938) | Birth | Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress | |
| December 16th, 1937 (December 16 1937) | Event | Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again. | |
| December 16th, 1937 (December 16 1937) | Birth | Joyce Bulifant, American actress | |
| December 16th, 1936 (December 16 1936) | Birth | Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center | |
| December 16th, 1935 (December 16 1935) | Death | Thelma Todd, American actress (born in 1905) | |
| December 16th, 1934 (December 16 1934) | Birth | Elgin Gay Baylor, NBA Hall of Famer | |
| December 16th, 1932 (December 16 1932) | Birth | Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet/Russian composer | |
| December 16th, 1929 (December 16 1929) | Birth | Nicholas Courtney, English actor | |
| December 16th, 1928 (December 16 1928) | Birth | Philip K. Dick, American writer (died in 1982) | |
| December 16th, 1928 (December 16 1928) | Death | Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (born in 1885) | |
| December 16th, 1927 (December 16 1927) | Birth | Randall Garrett, American writer (died in 1987) | |
| December 16th, 1926 (December 16 1926) | Birth | James McCracken, American tenor (died in 1988) | |
| December 16th, 1925 (December 16 1925) | Event | Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College. | |
| December 16th, 1922 (December 16 1922) | Event | President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zacheta Gallery in Warsaw. | |
| December 16th, 1922 (December 16 1922) | Birth | Cy Leslie, American music and video executive (died in 2008) | |
| December 16th, 1922 (December 16 1922) | Death | Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (born in 1865) | |
| December 16th, 1921 (December 16 1921) | Death | Camille Saint-Saens, French composer (born in 1835) | |
| December 16th, 1920 (December 16 1920) | Event | The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. | |
| December 16th, 1918 (December 16 1918) | Birth | Pierre Delanoe, French songwriter and lyricist (died in 2006) | |
| December 16th, 1917 (December 16 1917) | Birth | Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar | |
| December 16th, 1917 (December 16 1917) | Birth | Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (died in 2008) | Arthur C. Clarke Quotes |
| December 16th, 1915 (December 16 1915) | Birth | Turk Murphy, American trombonist (died in 1987) | |
| December 16th, 1914 (December 16 1914) | Event | World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough. | |
| December 16th, 1914 (December 16 1914) | Death | Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (born in 1832) | |
| December 16th, 1910 (December 16 1910) | Event | During a ground test of his Coanda-1910 plane, Henri Coanda, caught unaware by the power of the engine, finds himself briefly airborne and loses control of the machine which crashes to the ground. | |
| December 16th, 1907 (December 16 1907) | Event | Great White Fleet started its circumnavigation of the world | |
| December 16th, 1906 (December 16 1906) | Birth | Barbara Kent, Canadian actress | |
| December 16th, 1905 (December 16 1905) | Birth | Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (died in 1996) | Piet Hein Quotes |
| December 16th, 1902 (December 16 1902) | Birth | Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (died in 1999) | |
| December 16th, 1901 (December 16 1901) | Birth | Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (died in 1978) | Margaret Mead Quotes |
| December 16th, 1900 (December 16 1900) | Birth | V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (died in 1997) | V. S Pritchett Quotes |
| December 16th, 1899 (December 16 1899) | Birth | Sir Noel Coward, English playwright, actor and composer (died in 1973) | Noel Coward Quotes |
| December 16th, 1898 (December 16 1898) | Death | Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (born in 1832) | |
| December 16th, 1897 (December 16 1897) | Death | Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (born in 1840) | |
| December 16th, 1893 (December 16 1893) | Event | Antonin Dvorak s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From The New World" was given its world premiere at Carnegie Hall. | Antonin Dvorak Quotes |
| December 16th, 1888 (December 16 1888) | Birth | King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (died in 1934) | |
| December 16th, 1888 (December 16 1888) | Birth | Alphonse Juin, marshall of France (died in 1967) | |
| December 16th, 1883 (December 16 1883) | Birth | Max Linder, French pioneer of silent film (died in 1925) | |
| December 16th, 1882 (December 16 1882) | Birth | Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (died in 1963) | |
| December 16th, 1882 (December 16 1882) | Birth | Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer (died in 1967) | |
| December 16th, 1882 (December 16 1882) | Birth | Walther Meissner, German physicist (died in 1974) | |
| December 16th, 1872 (December 16 1872) | Birth | Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (died in 1947) | |
| December 16th, 1869 (December 16 1869) | Birth | Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (died in 1952) | |
| December 16th, 1867 (December 16 1867) | Birth | Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (died in 1951) | |
| December 16th, 1865 (December 16 1865) | Birth | Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (died in 1918) | |
| December 16th, 1864 (December 16 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville CampaignBattle of NashvilleMajor General George H. Thomas s Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood s Confederate Army of Tennessee. | Thomas Hood Quotes |
| December 16th, 1863 (December 16 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee. | |
| December 16th, 1863 (December 16 1863) | Birth | George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (died in 1952) | George Santayana Quotes |
| December 16th, 1861 (December 16 1861) | Birth | Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (died in 1917) | |
| December 16th, 1859 (December 16 1859) | Death | Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (born in 1786) | |
| December 16th, 1850 (December 16 1850) | Event | History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton. | |
| December 16th, 1838 (December 16 1838) | Event | Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius combat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
| December 16th, 1834 (December 16 1834) | Birth | Leon Walras, French economist (died in 1910) | |
| December 16th, 1826 (December 16 1826) | Event | Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. | |
| December 16th, 1811 (December 16 1811) | Event | The first two in a series of severe earthquakes occurs, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. | |
| December 16th, 1809 (December 16 1809) | Death | Antoine Francois, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (born in 1755) | |
| December 16th, 1804 (December 16 1804) | Birth | Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (died in 1889) | |
| December 16th, 1790 (December 16 1790) | Birth | King Leopold I of Belgium (died in 1865) | |
| December 16th, 1787 (December 16 1787) | Birth | Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (died in 1855) | |
| December 16th, 1783 (December 16 1783) | Death | Johann A. Hasse, German composer (born in 1699) | |
| December 16th, 1783 (December 16 1783) | Death | Sir William James, British naval commander (born in 1720) | William James Quotes |
| December 16th, 1776 (December 16 1776) | Birth | Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (died in 1810) | |
| December 16th, 1775 (December 16 1775) | Birth | Jane Austen, English writer (died in 1817) | Jane Austen Quotes |
| December 16th, 1775 (December 16 1775) | Birth | Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (died in 1834) | |
| December 16th, 1774 (December 16 1774) | Death | Francois Quesnay, French economist (born in 1694) | |
| December 16th, 1773 (December 16 1773) | Event | American Revolution: Boston Tea PartyMembers of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. | |
| December 16th, 1770 (December 16 1770) | Birth | Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (died in 1827) | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
| December 16th, 1765 (December 16 1765) | Death | Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor | |
| December 16th, 1761 (December 16 1761) | Event | Seven Years War: After four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg. | |
| December 16th, 1751 (December 16 1751) | Death | Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (born in 1700) | |
| December 16th, 1742 (December 16 1742) | Birth | Gebhard Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (died in 1819) | |
| December 16th, 1717 (December 16 1717) | Birth | Elizabeth Carter, English writer (died in 1806) | |
| December 16th, 1716 (December 16 1716) | Birth | Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (died in 1798) | |
| December 16th, 1714 (December 16 1714) | Birth | George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (died in 1770) | George Ade Quotes |
| December 16th, 1707 (December 16 1707) | Event | Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. | |
| December 16th, 1689 (December 16 1689) | Event | Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. | |
| December 16th, 1687 (December 16 1687) | Death | William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (born in 1623) | Philo Quotes |
| December 16th, 1669 (December 16 1669) | Death | Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (born in circa 1608) | |
| December 16th, 1653 (December 16 1653) | Event | English Interregnum: The ProtectorateOliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| December 16th, 1614 (December 16 1614) | Birth | Eberhard III, Duke of Wurttemberg (died in 1674) | |
| December 16th, 1598 (December 16 1598) | Event | Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang PointThe final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the Korean and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Korean victory. | |
| December 16th, 1598 (December 16 1598) | Death | Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (born in 1545) | |
| December 16th, 1584 (December 16 1584) | Birth | John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (died in 1654) | John Selden Quotes |
| December 16th, 1575 (December 16 1575) | Event | The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place. | |
| December 16th, 1515 (December 16 1515) | Death | Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (born in 1453) | |
| December 16th, 1497 (December 16 1497) | Event | Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. | |
| December 16th, 1485 (December 16 1485) | Birth | Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (died in 1536) | |
| December 16th, 1470 (December 16 1470) | Death | John II, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1425) | |
| December 16th, 1431 (December 16 1431) | Event | Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. | |
| December 16th, 1392 (December 16 1392) | Event | Nanboku-choEmperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu. | |
| December 16th, 1379 (December 16 1379) | Death | John Fitzalan, Marshal of England | |
| December 16th, 1378 (December 16 1378) | Death | Otto III of Montferrat | |
| December 16th, 1325 (December 16 1325) | Death | Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (born in 1270) | |
| December 16th, 0999 (December 16 0999) | Death | Saint Adelaide of Italy (born in 931) | |
| December 16th, 0867 (December 16 0867) | Death | Eberhard of Friuli | |
| December 16th, 0755 (December 16 0755) | Event | An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. | |
| December 16th, 0714 (December 16 0714) | Death | Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia | |
| December 16th, 0705 (December 16 0705) | Death | Empress Wu of Zhou (born in 625) | |
