16th December anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1775
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Jane Austen, author" more
  • 1928
  • "Birth of Philip K. Dick, American science fiction writer ."
• event
  • 1431
  • France
  • Henry VI of England crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris more
  • 1653
  • "Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland "
  • 1689
  • "Bill of Rights passed by Parliament, ending King's divine right to raise taxes or wage war"
  • 1773
  • Boston Tea Party
  • 1809
  • French Emperor Napoleon divorced his wife Josephine because she had not produced children
  • 1998
  • Operation Desert Fox: American and British forces began a series of sustained air-strikes against Iraq after Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
• Death
  • 1859
  • Germany
  • "Death of Wilhelm Grimm, German folklorist, philologist and writer of folk songs and fairy tales with his brother Jacob (Grimms Fairy Tales)"
  • 1989
  • "Death of Lee Van Cleef, American actor who starred mainly in Westerns and action films (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and many others)"