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Historical Event on 12/16/1770

Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
5/2/1974700 union leaders arrested in a move to avert a rail strike in New Delhi.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
2/2/1921Mukundrao Kirloskar was born.
1/9/1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.
6/14/1880Satish Chandra Dasgupta, rural Scientist, was born.
2/6/1995India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.