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• Cornelis van Steenoven, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van REEDE, Rotterdam († 1859)
• George Freligh, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States
• Franciscus Jehaes, Hoeselt († 1835)
• Anna Gertrudis Bergman
• Aaltje Heimens van Beek, Vaassen († 1843)
• Elisabeth Barbara Saman, Moerbeke-Waas, B
• Carolina Katharina von Vahl, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BRD († 1858)
• Barbara Theresia Decaestecker, Langemark
• 'Marie' Joseph SARLET, Soiron, 63071, Liège, Belgique († 1839)

• Gerrit Jan Pasman (59), Ancum (Dalfzen), Overijssel, Nederland
• Gerrit Cornelisz. Oudshoorn (60), Hazerswoude ZH, NL
• Gerrit-Jan Pasman, Ankum, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Gerrit Cornelisz Oudshoorn (60), Hazerswoude
• Engeltje Niemants (60), Rijpwetering
• Abraham Van Meter (37), Squire Boones Fort, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
• Engel Gerritsz X Kaal (66), EaZ
• Anne Lijndraaijer (55), Den Helder
• Claire VER(h)ampe (72), Cloppenburg (Dld)
• Gerrit Jan Pasman, Ancum (Dalfsen), Ov, The Netherlands

• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)

• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

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.
• January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.