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• Aafje Bakker, Zuid Haffel († 1782)
• Christina Van Rekum, Dordrecht (NL) († 1855)
• Elbert de Mots, Ermelo-Telgt († 1830)
• Ariaantje van Drongelen, Cillaarshoek († 1782)
• André Maxime de Choiseul d'Aillecourt, Paris († 1854)
• Clara Francisca Langkemper, Amsterdam
• Christian van Straten
• Barbara Constantia BOUDRY, Lo-Reninge
• Anna Christina Slotboom, Miste, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anson Tuttle, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1863)

• Arnoldus Franssen (36), Neer, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Aartjen van Haren (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerrits (66), Elspeet
• Adriana Eelten Hol (56), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Laan (0), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Van Wijngaarde (1), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Arnoldi van Haren (0), Oss
• Aaltje Beerends (61)
• Adriana Elten Hol (56), Blaricum
• Aaltje Berends (61), Hall, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1723 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer († 1787)
• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)
• 1839 » John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician († 1917)
• 1850 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico († 1916)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)

• 1681 » Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)

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

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

• 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)
• January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
• March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
• August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

The temperature on December 22, 1781 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.