What Day Of The Week Is December 16?

December 16: Day of the Week

December 16, 2026 is the 350th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

December					2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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December 16 by the Numbers

• 309 days since December 16
• 0 year, 10 months, and 6 days ago
• 10 months since then
• December 16 is in the 51st week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 44 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

December 16 Historical Event(s)

755An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. 1598Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point – The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the China and the Korean Allied Forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Allied Forces victory. 1773American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act. 1811The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. These four so-called mega-quakes are believed to be an ongoing cataclysmic danger that could reprise the 1811-12 series of 2,000 quakes that affected the lands of what would be eight of today’s heartland states of the United States. 1850History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand. 1941World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak 1942Holocaust: Porajmos – Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. 1950U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War. 1991Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan. 1998Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox – The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.

Who were born on December 16?

1770Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist (d. 1827) 1869Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952) 1945Patti Deutsch, American actress and Match Game panelist 1946Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA) 1960Canuto Kallan, Danish visual artist 1961Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994) 1961Jon Tenney, American actor 1965Nancy Valen, American actress 1972Željko Kalac, Australian footballer 1981Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer

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