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Born on Monday December 15, 1681
- elisabeth antonisdr GRAS, scherpenisse
- Marij Jansdochter van Driel, Dordrecht († 1683)
- Petrus Cornelisz Verweij, Amerongen
- Alegarda, Lithoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Henricus Kerris, Montzen (B) Elendt († 1733)
- Hilgerus Meulenberg(h), Merkelbeek († 1745)
- Johann Georg Löscher, Conradsdorf b. Freiberg, Sachsen, Deutschland
- Anna Michelse Hoeven van de, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hilgrus (Hilgerij) Meulenbergh, Merkelbeek († 1745)
- Hilgerus Meulenberg, merkelbeek († 1745)
Died on Monday December 15, 1681
- Heinrich Schwarberg (80), Strohe
- Caleb GARDNER (19), Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Nathaniell Wells (45), Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- James COMPTON (59), Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Claude Bouvard (55), Thorens, Savoie Haute, France
- Adriaentje Jacobsdr OOSTERLEE,VAN (53), Monster,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Andreas Bussens (0), Waasmunster (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Adriaentje Jacobsd van OOSTERLEE (53)
- Susanna Merrill (0), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Nicolaus van Hoorn (40), Amsterdam
Born on December 15
- 1567 » Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist († 1643)
- 1610 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter († 1690)
- 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
- 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
- 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
- 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
- 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
- 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
- 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
- 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
Died on December 15
- 1574 » Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
- 1598 » Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
- 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
- 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
- 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
- 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
- 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
- 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1681
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 4 » Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.