On this day: 16 December

Selected events and births on 16 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1689 – The Parliament of England enacted the Bill of Rights, setting out basic civil rights and later influencing other documents such as the U.S. Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more: Parliament of England Bill of Rights 1689 Civil and political rights
• 1707 – The last recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji released some 800 million m3 (28 billion cu ft) of volcanic ash. Read more: Hōei eruption Mount Fuji Volcanic ash
• 1773 – American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation without representation. Read more: American Revolution Boston Tea Party Boston Harbor
• 1850 – Settlers of the Canterbury Association aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand. Read more: Canterbury Association Randolph (ship) Charlotte Jane
• 1893 – Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Read more: Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) Carnegie Hall
• 1901 – English writer Beatrix Potter privately published 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (illustration shown) after several publishers' rejections. Read more: Beatrix Potter The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children. Read more: Dennō Senshi Porygon Pokémon (TV series) Seizure

Born on this day

• 1936 – Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center Read more: Morris Dees Southern Poverty Law Center
• 1946 – Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor Read more: Trevor Pinnock Harpsichord
• 1955 – Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Read more: Carol Browner Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• 1969 – Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Adam Riess Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1994 – Nigel Hayes, American basketball player Read more: Nigel Hayes-Davis
• 1996 – Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer Read more: Wilfred Ndidi
• 1996 – Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer Read more: Sergio Reguilón
• 1996 – Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer Read more: Henry Thornton (cricketer)
• 1997 – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter Read more: Zara Larsson
• 1998 – Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player Read more: Mira Antonitsch
• 1998 – Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress Read more: Zhou Jieqiong
• 2001 – Kai Cenat, American streamer Read more: Kai Cenat

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / December 16 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.