About the day » Thursday December 23, 1762Calender converter

• Hannah Butterfield, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts († 1856)
• Gaabe Lieuwes Synia, Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1800)
• Jan Roest, Heenvliet
• Joanna Jansen Wieten, Raalte († 1811)
• ARIJ VAN SANTEN, ZWARTEWAAL († 1818)
• Friedrich Leopold von Vieregge, Subzin († 1847)
• Henricus JOCHEM, Lillo,Antwerpen,BELGIE
• Henricus op 't ROODT, Baexem, 6095, Leudal, Limburg, Nederland
• Dirk Veen, Hei († 1815)
• Gaabe Sinia, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1800)

• Cornelius Van den Ackerveken (70), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Angélique LACHAISE (55), Laval (Ste-Rose)
• Jeanne de HABSBOURG-AUTRICHE (13), Vienne, Vienne, Wien, Autriche
• Jan Dirksz Deelen (77), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Eriksdotter Olofsson (77), Skällsta, Indal, Vasternorrland, Sweden
• Hendrik Touw (0), Noordwijk
• Jan Dirk Deelen (77), Lekkerkerk
• Aertje Jacobs, Eemnes-Binnen
• Cornelius Van Den Ackerveken (70), Merksplas
• Cornelius van den AKKERVEKEN (70), Merksplas, 2330, Antwerpen, België

• 1732 » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame († 1792)
• 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
• 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
• 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)
• 1805 » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement († 1844)

• 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Joannes
5. Cornelis
6. Hendrik
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. John
14. Dirk
15. Johann
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Grietje
11. Elizabeth
12. Neeltje
13. Aaltje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Antje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
• May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

The temperature on December 23, 1762 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.