December 16th Traditional Cache

This PNG continues the “This Day in History” calendar series.  Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible!  Better late than never….thank you to the calendar elf who saves the day at the last minute!

December 16^th:

According to Wikipedia and other sources, on December 16^th:

1497 – Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer born (d. 1827)

1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

1775 – Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)

1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.