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• Anton Wenzel Sedlnitzký von Choltitz, Hrotovice, Vysocina, Czech Republic († 1850)
• Minne Jacobs Conradi, Woudsend († 1814)
• Adriaan van Farowe, Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)
• Adriaan Marcelisse van Farowe, Ouwerkerk, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)
• Amélie Martens, Wingene
• Adriana Vrolijk, Standdaarbuiten
• Catharina van Gilst, Colijnsplaat († 1811)
• Antje Tinis, Hamersveld
• Antje Gjalts De Vries, Warten, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Nederland († 1827)
• Antje Gjalts de Vries, Wartena († 1827)

• Joanna Lyon (44), Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Barnard Hicks (31), Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
• Anna Catharina Hoesen (2), Sonsbeck D
• Anne Francoise Manoier (53), Wauthier Braine, Belgie
• Hebel Jans (43), Onstwedde
• Harm Weijerts (7)
• Godeleva Tavernier (66), Bekegem
• Johann Emmel (77), Berstadt (Dld)
• Gijsbertus Jansz Broer, Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Henricus Ringoot (73), Lebbeke

• 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
• 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
• 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
• 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
• 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)
• 1822 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic († 1888)

• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)

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

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

• 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)
• May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• September 9 » The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
• October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
• December 5 » Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
• December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

The temperature on December 24, 1776 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.