Template:On this day/16 Dizember
- 755 – An Lushan (picturt) revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, ineetiatin the An Lushan Rebellion in the Tang dynasty o Cheenae.
- 1431 – Hunder Years' War: Henry VI o Ingland is crouned Keeng o Fraunce at Notre Dame in Paris.
- 1653 – Inglis Interregnum: The Pertectorate: Oliver Cromwell acomes Laird Protector o the Commonweel o Ingland, Scotland an Ireland.
- 1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Pairty: Members o the Sons of Liberty guised as Mohawk Indians emptie hunders o crates o tea intae Boston herbour as a protest against the Tea Act.
- 1944 – Warld War II: The Battle o the Bulge begins wi the surprise offensive o three German airmies throu the Ardennes forest.
Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770) · Jane Austen (b. 1775) · Arthur C. Clarke (b. 1917)