Births on December 16

Mary Russell Mitford

Born on December 16, 1787

Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)

Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English author and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire. She is best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters based upon her life in Three Mile Cross near Reading in Berkshire.

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13 May

Arthur Phillip
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
14 May

Constitutional Convention (United States)
In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
20 Jun

Federal Convention
Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
6 Aug

Constitutional Convention (United States)
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12 Dec

United States Constitution
Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.

Births on December 16

Mary Russell Mitford

Born on December 16, 1787

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