Who are famous people born on December 16?

Famous people born on December 16 include Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Jane Austen (1775), Margaret Mead (1901), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Mats Hummels (1988).

What star sign is someone born on December 16?

Someone born on December 16 is a Sagittarius.

What is the birthstone for December 16?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

How common is a birthday on December 16?

In the US, December 16 is the No. 181 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,350 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on December 16

Famous people born on December 16, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
💎 Birthstone
Turquoise
👶 How common
No. 181 of 366

Born on December 16

December 16 in history

2024The Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, takes place, resulting in the death of three people.
1997Dennō Senshi Porygon: Over 600 kids in Japan suffer photosensitive epileptic seizures after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
1973Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.
1968Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
1942The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
1905In rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
1864American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville ends as the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
1826Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1773American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1653English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1431Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Adelaide of Italy
Christian feast day: Haggai
Christian feast day: Blessed Marianna Fontanella
Christian feast day: Blessed Philip Siphong Onphitak
Christian feast day: Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast day: December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
International Day of the Belt and Road Initiative

December 16 in every year

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Questions about December 16 birthdays

Who are famous people born on December 16?: Famous people born on December 16 include Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Jane Austen (1775), Margaret Mead (1901), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Mats Hummels (1988).
What star sign is someone born on December 16?: Someone born on December 16 is a Sagittarius.
What is the birthstone for December 16?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
How common is a birthday on December 16?: In the US, December 16 is the No. 181 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,350 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).