On this Day in History ... 16th December
16 Dec is in December.
1431 French Coronation of Henry VI
1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon
1535 Sweating Sickness Outbreak
1559 Consecration of Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury
1653 Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
Events on the 16th December
On 16 Dec 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
On 16 Dec 1263 King Haakon IV of Norway (age 59) died. His son King Magnus VI of Norway (age 25) succeeded King Norway.
On 16 Dec 1332 the Battle of Annan Moor was fought between the supporters of the seven year old King David II of Scotland (age 8), son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland, and the supporters of Edward Balliol I King Scotland (age 49), supported by the English. The Bruce army, led by, Archibald Douglas (age 34), supported by John Randolph 3rd Earl Moray (age 26) and King Robert II of Scotland (age 16) surprised Edward Balliol I King Scotland (age 49) and his supporters at Annan and threw them out of Scotland. 
On 16 Dec 1431 Henry VI (age 10) was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 56). A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 42). His wife Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford (age 27) attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 53) was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington (age 31), Richard Archer (age 44), Hugh Courtenay 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas (age 17) attended.
On 16 Dec 1460 a Lancastrian force ambushed the forces of the Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York (age 49) near Worksop. Andrew Trollope fought for the Lancastrians. The only source for the battle is William of Worcester's book Annales rerum Anglicarum: "In December Parliament adjourned. And the Duke of York, with the Earl of Salisbury and many thousand armed men, were going from London to York, in December 1460, when a portion of his men, the van, as is supposed, or perhaps the scouts were cut off by the people of the Duke of Somerset (age 24) at Worsop".
On 16 Dec 1465 Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon (age 91) died.
On 16 Dec 1485 Catherine of Aragon was born to Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 33) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 34). She was possibly named after her Great Grandmother Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.23%.
Letters and Papers 1535. 16 Dec 1535. Add. MS. 28,588, f. 87. B. M. 983. Dr. Ortiz to the Empress.
Wrote last on Nov. 22. Is glad to hear the good news that the Turk has been defeated by the Sophi, with a loss of 40,000 horse (de acaballo) and 40 great pieces of artillery, his army having been 70,000.
In the cause of the Queen of England (age 50), the Consistory has ordered of itself a monitory to be issued, fixing a space of two months for the King to turn from his heresy and schism and public adultery, and then he will not be declared deprived of his kingdom.
The Imperial ambassador writes that he has not leave to visit or send any person to see the Queen and Princess. Those with the Queen are guards and spies, not servants, for they have sworn in favor of Anne (age 34), not to call her highness Queen, nor serve her with royal state. So, not to give them cause to sin, the Queen has not left her chamber for two years; and perhaps if she wished to, it would not be allowed, "y que no manda un ducado," nor has she any of her old servants except her confessor, physician, and apothecary. The King always asks those who wish to join him (se quisieren juntar con el) to renounce obedience to the Apostolic See, and he who formerly appealed to a Council now wishes it not to be held.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16 Dec 1559. The xvj day of Desember was the sam man bered in sant Don stones in the est, master Cottell, that was slayne with (the) falle, and he had a sarmon, and all ys compene in ther clothyng, and a grett dener, for ther was mad mon [moan] for hym, and a dolle.... Parker (age 55) electyd byshope of Canturbere.
On 16 Dec 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Dudley 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
On 16 Dec 1582 Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 27) and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby Eresby. His Godmother was Queen Elizabeth I (age 49).
09 Jun 1597. On 09 Jun 1597 John Wrey of North Russell was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map].
On 16 Dec 1595 Blanch Killigrew (age 60) was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map].
Gothic altar tomb monument with three-tiered altarpiece or reredos behind, the lowest tier of which resembles a triptych. It was moved from St Ive Church in Cornwall in 1924 by Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey 12th Baronet.
The large slate slab on top of the chest tomb is inscribed within a ledger line: Ye body of John Wrey Esquier who was buried ye 9th of June Ano Domini 1597 Heere lieth the body of Blannch Wrey who was buried ye 16 of December 1595
On the left panel of the triptych is inscribed the following verse:
Loe here he lieth though dead yet living still,
His famous name resounding echo saye,
Whereby report of hym the ayre doth fyll
The lastinge fame & name of rightful Wreye,
Good to ye poore bribes never woulde he take,
Voyde of oppression all kind of waye,
He faithful frynds of enemyes did make,
Of quarels greate ceast lawe ech daye by daye.
Death doe they worst this Wreye yet lives & shall,
Thy darte his deeds cannot extyrpe or quayle.
Thousands are they which thou hast causde to fall,
And yet on hym no waye thou canst prevayle.
What resteth then but cease to mourne & moane
For hym whose vertues shine like to the sonne.
Though here he lieth his Sowle to Heave is gone,
Where Angells see hym though his threads be spoone [spun].
John Wrey of North Russell: he was born to Walter Wrey of North Russell and Bridget Shilstone. In 1585 he was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall. In or before 1595 John Wrey of North Russell and Blanch Killigrew were married. She was heiress to the lordship of the manor of Trebeigh, Cornwall. They had six sons and two daughters. In 1597 John Wrey of North Russell died.
Blanch Killigrew: In 1535 she was born to Henry Killigrew of Woolstone St Ive Cornwall. On 14 Dec 1596 she died.
Atropos-: Atropos- is one of the Three Fates. She cuts the thread of human life.
On or before 16 Dec 1622 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe was born to William Pope (age 27) and Elizabeth Watson Lady Penyston (age 22). On 16 Dec 1622 he was baptised at Wroxton, Oxfordshire.
On 16 Dec 1653 Oliver Cromwell (age 54) was appointed Lord Protector.
On 16 Dec 1773 the Boston Tea Party was the act by American Patriots defending their rights by destroying a shipment of tea owned by the East India Company by throwing it into Boston Harbour. It forms one of the foundation events of the American Revolution which commenced two years later.
On 16 Dec 1774 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 39) and Frances Twysden (age 21).
On 16 Dec 1775 Jane Austen was born to George Austen (age 44) and Cassandra Leigh (age 36) in Steventon, Hampshire. She was baptised on 05 Apr 1775 at St Nicholas' Church, Steventon at which her father was rector; the delay being caused by adverse weather.
On 16 Dec 1798 Thomas Pennant (age 72) died.
On 16 Dec 1839 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 20) was appointed 685th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 20).
Archaeologia Volume 32 Appendix. Account of a Group of Tumuli on Berlchampton Down, Wilts.
Dec. 16th, 1847. John Yonge Akerman (age 41), Esq. F.S.A. communicated to the Society a letter which he had received from Richard Falkner, Esq. dated Devizes, 25th of September, 1847, descriptive of a Group of Tumuli on Berkhampton Down, not hitherto, as Mr. Falkner believed, sufficiently noticed by the antiquary. Referring to the Ordnance Map of Wiltshire, Sheet XIY. he says, "The Barrows I am about to describe will be found in the triangle made by the old road from Bath, approaching the present turnpike road from Devizes to Marlborough; Wansdyke forming the base. They are placed in a line passing from the south-west to the north-east, and surrounded by a fosse of a very unusual shape, 20 feet across and 3 in depth. The ground covered by them is 80 yards in length and 47 yards broad in the widest part. The Tumulus at the south-east end of the inclosure is the largest, the diameter of the base being 63 feet, and its height 10 feet. The one at the other end is not so high, but, as it slopes into the fosse, its base is not many feet less. Between them is a Barrow of much smaller dimensions, and the three are connected together by slight bands of earth, with a fosse on each side, running a short distance up the Barrows." Mr. Falkner's communication to Mr. Akerman was illustrated by a drawn sketch taken from the south, a ground plan, and some sections. The singular arrangement of these mounds, their difference in size, and other circumstances, led Mr. Falkner to the conclusion that this spot was the resting-place of three members of a Celtic family, who perhaps fell together in some hostile attack, or otherwise died about the same time: and it would seem they were persons of distinction, whose place of sepulture was in after times visited with ceremony, there being an approach to the ground 260 yards in length, formed of a vallum and fosse, still quite perfect, commanding a fine view of the Barrows throughout its course. This letter was accompanied by short notices of two other groups of Tumuli: one about a mile to the east of the triple Barrow just described, close to the turnpike road; the other situated in one of the deep hollows of the Chalk Downs, not far from Silbury Hill, and remarkable from the length of the approaches.
A second communication from Mr. Falkner to Mr. Akerman was read, accompanying a drawing of what has been either part of a Torques, or one of the coils of an Armilla, or Armlet, found in the autumn of 1844 on St. Ann's Hill, near Devizes. The sketch was the actual size and shape of the original; the material of which was fine gold, weighing rather more than 2½ ounces troy. In form and character of workmanship it strongly resembled one of the gold bracelets found near Egerton Hall, in Cheshire, in 1831; and which is engraved in the XXVII. Volume of the Archaeologia, p. 401.
On 16 Dec 1861 Antonio de la Gándara was born.
On 16 Dec 1866 Roger Fry was born to Edward Fry (age 39) and Mariabella Hodgkin (age 33).
On 16 Dec 1869 Pietro Tenerani (age 80) died.
On 16 Dec 1914 the German Navy bombarded Scarborough [Map], Hartlepool and Whitby. Around 137 were killed, around 600 injured.
On 16 Dec 1937 Glyn Philpot (age 53) died.
On 16 Dec 1962 Lawrence of Arabia received its premiere in New York at the Criterion Cinema New York. Alec Guiness, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, David Lean (Director) and Sam Spiegel (Producer) attended.
Births on the 16th December
On 16 Dec 1485 Catherine of Aragon was born to Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 33) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 34). She was possibly named after her Great Grandmother Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.23%.
On 16 Dec 1582 Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 27) and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby Eresby. His Godmother was Queen Elizabeth I (age 49).
On 16 Dec 1584 John Selden was born.
Before 16 Dec 1604 Peter Tryon was born to Moyses Tryon (age 31).
On 16 Dec 1605 Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (age 28) and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland (age 28).
On or before 16 Dec 1616 Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe was born to John Sherard of Lobthorpe and Elizabeth Brownlow (age 24). He was baptised on 16 Dec 1616 at St Mary's Church, North Witham.
On or before 16 Dec 1622 Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe was born to William Pope (age 27) and Elizabeth Watson Lady Penyston (age 22). On 16 Dec 1622 he was baptised at Wroxton, Oxfordshire.
On 16 Dec 1650 Robert Marsham 4th Baronet was born to John Marsham 1st Baronet (age 48) and Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham (age 38).
On or before 16 Dec 1717 Robert Palk 1st Baronet was born to Walter Palk (age 31) and Frances Abraham at Lower Headborough Fram, Ashburton. He was baptised on 16 Dec 1717 at the Old Mission House, Ashburton.
On 16 Dec 1721 Frances Lee was born to George Henry Lee 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 31) and Frances Hales Countess Lichfield (age 24). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16 Dec 1724 William Douglas 4th Duke Queensberry was born to William Douglas 2nd Earl March (age 28) and Anne Hamilton 2nd Countess Ruglen (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.66%. 
On 16 Dec 1727 Cortlandt Skinner was born to Reverend William Skinner.
On 16 Dec 1727 Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury was born to Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury (age 24) and Martha Hughes (age 23).
On or before 16 Dec 1757 Charlotte Townshend was born to George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend (age 33) and Charlotte Compton 16th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 7th Baroness Compton. She died 16 Dec 1757.
On 16 Dec 1770 Admiral Charles Rowley 1st Baronet was born to Admiral Joshua Rowley 1st Baronet (age 36).
On 16 Dec 1771 Francis Lindley Wood 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Wood (age 40).
Before 16 Dec 1772 Jemima Fourdrinier was born.
On 16 Dec 1774 Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll was born to George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey (age 39) and Frances Twysden (age 21).
On 16 Dec 1775 Jane Austen was born to George Austen (age 44) and Cassandra Leigh (age 36) in Steventon, Hampshire. She was baptised on 05 Apr 1775 at St Nicholas' Church, Steventon at which her father was rector; the delay being caused by adverse weather.
On 16 Dec 1776 Henry James Montagu Scott 2nd Baron Montagu was born to Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 30) and Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch (age 33).
On 16 Dec 1784 Paul Anthony Irby was born to Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston (age 35) and Christian Methuen.
On 16 Dec 1790 King Leopold I of Belgium was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 40) and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 33).
On 16 Dec 1794 Thomas Agnew was born.
On 16 Dec 1799 Richard Sutton 2nd Baronet was born to John Sutton (age 29) and Sophia Frances Chaplin.
On 16 Dec 1806 Henry William Des Voeux 3rd Baronet was born to Charles Des Voeux 2nd Baronet (age 27) and Christina Hird.
On 16 Dec 1819 Charles Edmund Isham 10th Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 8th Baronet (age 46).
On 16 Dec 1821 Frederick William Cadogan was born to George Cadogan 3rd Earl Cadogan (age 38).
On 16 Dec 1826 Evelyn Grosvenor was born to Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 31) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 29).
On 16 Dec 1844 John Willoughby Michael Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen (age 37) and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 16 Dec 1852 Maurice Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 33) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 25) at Carton House, Carton, Kildare, County Kildare.
On 16 Dec 1855 Mabel Fitzgerald was born to Charles William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4th Duke Leinster (age 36) and Caroline Leveson-Gower Duchess Leinster (age 28) at Kilkea Castle, Castledermot, County Kildare.
On 16 Dec 1861 Antonio de la Gándara was born.
On 16 Dec 1866 Roger Fry was born to Edward Fry (age 39) and Mariabella Hodgkin (age 33).
On 16 Dec 1868 William Craven 4th Earl Craven was born to George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven (age 27).
On 16 Dec 1869 Mabel Laura Egerton was born to Francis Egerton 3rd Earl Ellesmere (age 22) and Katherine Louisa Phipps Countess Ellesmere (age 19).
On 16 Dec 1871 Alexander Bannerman 11th Baronet was born to George Bannerman 10th Baronet (age 44).
On 16 Dec 1888 Alexander I King Yugoslavia was born.
On 16 Dec 1889 Constance Violet Lucy Bligh was born to John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 62) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 60).
On 16 Dec 1898 Charles Christian Baring 2nd Baronet was born to Godfrey Baring 1st Baronet (age 27).
On 16 Dec 1902 Matthew White Ridley 3rd Viscount Ridley was born to Matthew White Ridley 2nd Viscount Ridley (age 28) and Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest Viscountess Ridley.
On 16 Dec 1917 Tatiana Mountbatten was born to George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 25) and Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) at Edinburgh [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 16 Dec 1918 George William Rodney was born to George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 27) and Marjorie Lowther Baroness Rodney (age 23).
On 16 Dec 1958 Christina Susanna Chaplin was born to Anthony Chaplin 3rd Viscount Chaplin and Rosemary Lyttelton (age 36).
On 16 Dec 1964 James Christopher Douglas Wellesley was born to Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 49).
Marriages on the 16th December
Before 16 Dec 1421 Thomas Green (age 21) and Philippa Ferrers (age 35) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
After 16 Dec 1547 Robert Keilway (age 50) and Cecily Bulstrode (age 32) were married.
Before 16 Dec 1558 John Cheney (age 45) and Margaret Neville (age 36) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 16 Dec 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map] ... with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38) present ...
Edward Dudley 4th Baron Dudley (age 46) and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 21) and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 21) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 60). He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 45) and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
Before 16 Dec 1650 John Marsham 1st Baronet (age 48) and Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham (age 38) were married.
On 16 Dec 1650 Henry Stapylton aka Stapleton 1st Baronet (age 33) and Elizabeth Darcy Lady Stapylton (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness (age 51) and Grace Rokeby Countess Holderness (age 50).
Before 16 Dec 1661 Isaac Penington (age 77) and Mary Young were married.
On 16 Dec 1667 John Middleton 1st Earl Middleton (age 59) and Martha Carey Countess Middleton (age 32) were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. She by marriage Countess Middleton. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth and Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth (age 66).
On or after 16 Dec 1672 Thomas Allin 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Mary Colwall were married. The license was dated 16 Dec 1672.
On 16 Dec 1712 Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds (age 21) and Elizabeth Harley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 51) and Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer. He the son of Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke Leeds (age 53) and Bridget Hyde Duchess Leeds (age 50).
On 16 Dec 1731 Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere (age 23) and Elizabeth Tenison were married. She died a year later from smallpox.
On 16 Dec 1754 Charles Cockayne 5th Viscount Cullen (age 44) and Sophia Baxter Viscountess Cullen were married.
On 16 Dec 1769 General George Hotham (age 28) and Diana Pennyman were married. They were first cousins.
Before 16 Dec 1799 John Sutton (age 29) and Sophia Frances Chaplin were married.
On 16 Dec 1820 James Thomas Law (age 30) and Henrietta Charlotte Grey (age 22) were married. They had four children. She the daughter of George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington (age 55) and Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington. He the son of Bishop George Henry Law (age 59) and Jane Adeane.
On 16 Dec 1823 Reverend John Stevens Henslow (age 27) and Harriet Jenyns (age 26) were married.
On 16 Dec 1830 Venerable Carew Antony St John Milmay (age 30) and Caroline Waldegrave (age 32) were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
On 16 Dec 1846 Edward William Gee (age 28) and Elizabeth Marshall (age 31) were married.
On 16 Dec 1847 George St Vincent Duckworth-King 4th Baronet (age 38) and Caroline Mary Dawson-Damer were married.
On 16 Dec 1847 Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram (age 33) and Maria Louisa Pepys were married.
On 16 Dec 1863 Algernon Greville-Nugent 2nd Baron Greville (age 22) and Beatrice Violet Graham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Graham 4th Duke Montrose (age 64) and Caroline Agnes Horsley Beresford "Mr Manton" Duchess Montrose (age 45).
On 16 Dec 1896 George Truefitt (age 72) and Constance Lever (age 26) were married some three months after the death of his first wife Mary Haywood. The difference in their ages was 45 years.
Deaths on the 16th December
On 16 Dec 714 Pepin II of Herstal (age 79) died.
On 16 Dec 956 or 26 Dec 956 Archbishop Wulfstan died at Oundle, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 16 Dec 999 Adelaide Welf Holy Roman Empress (age 68) died.
On 16 Dec 1153 Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester (age 54) died from poisoning by William "The Younger" Peverell (age 73). His son Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester (age 6) succeeded 5th Earl Chester. William "The Younger" Peverell (age 73) was exiled.
On 16 Dec 1263 King Haakon IV of Norway (age 59) died. His son King Magnus VI of Norway (age 25) succeeded King Norway.
On 16 Dec 1325 Charles Valois I Count Valois (age 55) died.
On 16 Dec 1331 Edmund Mortimer (age 28) died. He was buried at Wigmore Abbey [Map].
On 16 Dec 1379 Thomas Banastre (age 45) drowned.
On 16 Dec 1379 John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers (age 31) drowned. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. The Chronica Majora reports "... that during the panic of the storm, Sir John murdered those of his men who refused to make for shore for fear of being shipwrecked upon the rocks. Subsequently, after safely arriving on an island off the Irish coast, Sir John and his boat captain were swept back into the sea and drowned". His son John Fitzalan Baron Maltravers 2nd Baron Arundel (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Arundel.
On 16 Dec 1391 Margaret Bohun Countess Devon (age 80) died.
On 16 Dec 1438 John Stourton of Preston (age 53) died.
On 16 Dec 1463 Philip Courtenay (age 59) died.
On 16 Dec 1465 Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon (age 91) died.
On 16 Dec 1495 Charles Valois (age 3) died.
On 16 Dec 1501 John Moyle (age 56) died.
On 16 Dec 1503 William Stapleton (age 71) died.
On 16 Dec 1547 Alexander Unton (age 53) died.
On 16 Dec 1550 John Shelley of Mitchelgrove (age 44) died.
Before 16 Dec 1558 John Cheney (age 45) died.
On 16 Dec 1558 Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich (age 48) died.
On 16 Dec 1558 Thomas Cheney (age 73) died.
On 16 Dec 1569 Edward Griffin (age 69) died.
On 16 Dec 1594 Henry Goring of Burton (age 73) died.
On 16 Dec 1608 Mary Throckmorton (age 68) died.
On 16 Dec 1623 Elizabeth Poulet (age 35) died.
Around 16 Dec 1623 Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe (age 37) died.
On 16 Dec 1627 Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet (age 29) died. Baronet Thornhurst of Agnes Court in Kent extinct.
Before 16 Dec 1634 Peter Hay died.
On 16 Dec 1634 George Hay 1st Earl Kinnoull (age 64) died. His son George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Kinnoull. Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 16 Dec 1661 Isaac Penington (age 77) died at the Tower of London [Map].
On 16 Dec 1669 Nathaniel Fiennes (age 61) died.
On 16 Dec 1670 Mary Knightley (age 86) died.
On 16 Dec 1672 Isabel Douglas Marchioness Montrose (age 42) died.
On 16 Dec 1699 George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison (age 82) died. On 16 Dec 1699 His grandson John Fitzgerald Villiers 1st Earl Grandison (age 15) succeeded 5th Viscount Grandison.
On 16 Dec 1734 Thomas Clifton (age 38) died in Lytham.
On 16 Dec 1739 William FitzGerald (age 24) died unmarried.
On 16 Dec 1741 Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury (age 85) died. His son Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 59) succeeded 4th Earl Elgin, 3rd Earl Ailesbury, 3rd Viscount Bruce of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (age 20) by marriage Countess Elgin, Countess Ailesbury.
On 16 Dec 1744 Maria Anna Habsburg Spain (age 26) died.
On 16 Dec 1774 Francis Willoughby 3rd Baron Middleton (age 48) died. His brother Thomas Willoughby 4th Baron Middleton (age 45) succeeded 4th Baron Middleton, 5th Baronet Willoughby of Wollaton. Georgina Chadwick Baroness Middleton by marriage Baroness Middleton.
On 16 Dec 1776 William Tollemache (age 25) drowned when HMS Repulse sank in a hurricane off Bermuda.
On 16 Dec 1783 William James 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son Edward William James 2nd Baronet (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet James of Park Farm Place in Eltham in Kent.
On 16 Dec 1798 Thomas Pennant (age 72) died.
On 16 Dec 1801 Prince Charles Louis of Baden (age 46) died.
On 16 Dec 1812 Baron Gustaf Adam von Nolcken (age 79) died.
On 16 Dec 1815 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk (age 69) died. His third cousin Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk (age 50) succeeded 12th Duke Norfolk, 30th Earl Arundel Sussex, 13th Earl Surrey, 10th Earl Norfolk, 20th Baron Maltravers, 20th Baron Arundel. Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 45) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
On 16 Dec 1827 Francis Hely-Hutchinson (age 68) died.
On 16 Dec 1833 Mary Howard died.
On 16 Dec 1839 Henrietta Leslie Pepys Countess Devon (age 62) died.
On 16 Dec 1842 Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh (age 44) died at Eaton Place Belgravia.
On 16 Dec 1844 Anne Wellesley (age 76) died.
On 16 Dec 1850 Félicité Anne Josephe de Wattines Lady Scarsdale (age 85) died. She was buried at Kedleston [Map].
On 16 Dec 1852 Henry Peyto Verney 24th Baron Latimer 16th Baron Willoughby (age 79) died. He was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. His nephew Robert John Verney 25th Baron Latimer 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 43) succeeded 25th Baron Latimer of Corby, 17th Baron Willoughby Broke. He changed his surname from Barnard to Verney at this time as part of the settlement.
On 16 Dec 1869 Pietro Tenerani (age 80) died.
On 16 Dec 1877 Dorothy Gowland (age 61) died.
On 16 Dec 1878 Henry Royds of Elm House in Wavertree (age 56) died at Elm House, Wavertree. He was buried in the chuchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree [Map] on 20 Dec 1878.
On 16 Dec 1878 Louisa Farrer (age 62) died.
On 16 Dec 1884 William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 84) died. His grandson George Cholmondeley 4th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 26) succeeded 4th Marquess Cholmondeley, 7th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 4th Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 8th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 7th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 7th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 6th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 6th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Winifred Kingscote Marchioness Cholmondeley by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.
On 16 Dec 1889 Selina Lascelles (age 48) died at Llandeilo.
On 16 Dec 1889 Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (age 71) died.
On 16 Dec 1899 Elizabeth Grosvenor Baroness Wenlock (age 75) died.
On 16 Dec 1911 Alwyne Frederick Compton (age 56) died.
On 16 Dec 1912 R Suydam Grant died. He bequeathed his wealth to his nieces Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex (age 46) and Edythe Scott Grant, Vicomtesse de Breteuil of Paris, both of whom received $591,000.
On 16 Dec 1915 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr (age 46) died. His son Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr (age 15) succeeded 9th Earl De La Warr, 9th Viscount Cantalupe, 15th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in Sussex.
On 16 Dec 1917 Annie Mary Shiffner Lady Graham died.
On 16 Dec 1919 Admiral Henry Frederick Stephenson (age 77) died.
On 16 Dec 1923 Richard Verney 27th Baron Latimer 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 54) died. He was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. His son John Verney 28th Baron Latimer 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke (age 27) succeeded 28th Baron Latimer of Corby, 20th Baron Willoughby Broke.
On 16 Dec 1937 Glyn Philpot (age 53) died.
On 16 Dec 1941 Alice Fitzgerald (age 88) died.
On 16 Dec 1956 Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 66) died. His son Wentworth Beaumont 3rd Viscount Allendale (age 34) succeeded 3rd Viscount Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland, 4th Baron Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland.
On 16 Dec 1987 John Russell 4th Earl Russell (age 66) died. His brother Conrad Russell 5th Earl Russell (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Russell of Kingston Russell in Dorset.
On 16 Dec 2005 Francis David Somerville Head 5th Baronet (age 89) died. His son Richard Douglas Somerville Head 6th Baronet (age 54) succeeded 6th Baronet Head of Rochester in Kent.
