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Born on Tuesday December 2, 1681
- Christiaan Jacob Frederik Wetzel van Marsilien, Mulhouse (Mülhausen), Elzas († 1723)
- Adrianus Petrus Claessens, Stabroek-Antwerpen, België
- Maria Simons van Loon, Nispen-Essen
- Petrus van Inckevoort, Helden, Limburg, Niederlande († 1682)
- Christoph Leidereiter, Goldegg, Salzburg († 1733)
- Maria, Johanetta Hirthes, Ottweiler (Neunkirchen), Saarland (Dld) († 1767)
- Wobbeke Holbrock, Langwege, Dinklage, Duitsland († 1720)
- Petrus van ENCKEVORT, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1682)
- Sytse Wobbes, Opeinde († 1735)
- Thomas Curtis, Topsfield,Essex,Mass
Died on Tuesday December 2, 1681
- Barbara Keijsers (23), Horst, NL
- Judith Frederiks van Duisburgh, Amersfoort
- Tiaert Uddes (2), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
- Barthélémy Tabault (0), Lachine, I'lle Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jan van Lochem
- Godefridus in gen Bachuijs (alias Heijnes, aen gen Reijdt), Velden
- Dries Jans
- John Butler ** (67), Branford,New Haven,Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Huberijntje Leunis Klippel
- Francoise LUCOT (72), Les Maillys, 21371, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
Born on December 2
- 1578 » Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist († 1641)
- 1599 » Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman († 1663)
- 1629 » William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal († 1704)
- 1694 » William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay († 1771)
- 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
- 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
- 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
- 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
- 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
- 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
Died on December 2
- 1594 » Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
- 1615 » Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
- 1665 » Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
- 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
- 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
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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.