As children of that era were traditionally baptised the day after birth in the Catholic Rhine country, and it is known that Beethoven's family and his teacher Johann Albrechtsberger celebrated his birthday on 16 December, most scholars accept 16 December 1770 as his date of birth.
Nesa época era tradicional bautizar aos nenos o día despois do seu nacemento nesa zona, e sábese que a familia de Beethoven e o seu mestre Johann Albrechtsberger celebraban o seu aniversario o 16 de decembro, e a meirande parte dos estudosos aceptan esa data como a do seu nacemento.