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December 16

4 sourced moments from December 16 in history: Mount Fuji's Last Eruption Began (1707); Ludwig van Beethoven was most likely born (1770); The Tea Act behind the Boston Tea Party cut tea prices (1773), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on December 16

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1944 History · War & Conflict

The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes

Germany's last great surprise offensive in the West hit the Ardennes at dawn, opening the deadliest battle America fought in the war.

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1773 History · Modern

The Tea Act behind the Boston Tea Party cut tea prices

Colonists dumped 342 chests into Boston Harbor in December 1773 over a law that cut the price of tea, and they didn't call it a 'tea party'.

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1770 Culture & Arts · Music

Ludwig van Beethoven was most likely born

Bonn's parish register records his baptism on December 17, 1770, which points to a birth the day before for one of music's giants.

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1707 Earth & Climate · Geology

Mount Fuji's Last Eruption Began

On a winter morning in 1707, Japan's tallest peak roared awake for the last time, raining ash on a city 100 kilometres away.

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