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Born on Wednesday December 16, 1682
- Adrianna Meysmans, Zemst, Belgium († 1696)
- Belitje Kleijnschol, Amsterdam
- Hendrik Jan Paulus Jan Laurens van Berlo, Nuenen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1741)
- Corvingh Adriaensz. Bisdommer, Vlaardingen († 1683)
- Andries Teunisz Bakker, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1705)
- Harmen de Roo, Leiden
- Henricus Joannis Paulus van Berlo, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Nederland († 1741)
- Barbar Adriaens, Dordrecht
- Anneke van Brummelen, Ravenswaaij
- Cornelis Ariens de Jong, Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1728)
Died on Wednesday December 16, 1682
- Hannah Lamson (27), Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Laurent Vanwest (24), Sint-Truiden, België
- Hepsibah Hatch (1)
- Jacob Hendriks NN (51)
- Marguerite de FLÉRON (68)
- Hannah Lamson 10 E (27), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- NN van Beveren, Terneuzen
- John Phillips , Winthrop Fleet Passenger (80), Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- William Sargent (80), Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- André KEITH (57), Batzendorf, 67500, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
Born on December 16
- 1605 » Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat († 1663)
- 1614 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg († 1674)
- 1630 » Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist († 1715)
- 1714 » George Whitefield, English Anglican priest († 1770)
- 1716 » Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat († 1798)
- 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)
- 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
- 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
- 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
- 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
Died on December 16
- 1583 » Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
- 1594 » Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
- 1598 » Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)
- 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
- 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
- 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
- 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
- 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
- 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1682
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
- September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.