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• 1782 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States († 1862)
• 1784 » George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter († 1862)
• 1803 » Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat († 1873)
• 1820 » Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author († 1892)
• 1822 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College († 1907)
• 1829 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec († 1908)
• 1830 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and author († 1894)
• 1839 » George Armstrong Custer, American general († 1876)
• 1841 » Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman († 1900)
• 1849 » Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic († 1922)

• 1663 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
• 1749 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1770 » James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
• 1784 » Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
• 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)

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

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

• 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 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.

The temperature on December 5, 1789 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: vochtig mist betrokken winderig.