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Born on Thursday December 16, 1700
- Jacobaa Buijgeduijst, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dimmen van der Kers, Dirksland
- Maria Laurense Hoogsant, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jan Henderick Berkman, Grave
- Joannes Nicolaus Fierkens, Keeken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Daniel Goyette
- Anna NUIJENS, Kessel, Nijlen, Antwerpen, België
- Mathias Schultze, Sandbeiendorf,Börde,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
- Esther Jarvis Canby, Abington, Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania († 1777)
- Judocus Quack, Rotterdam
Died on Thursday December 16, 1700
- Magdalena Siemens (40), Preußen, Danzig, Duitsland / Polen
- Maria van Vessem (0), Moergestel (Oisterwijk) (Noord-Brabant)
- Magdalena Leencke (40), Danzig
- Lazarin de Pontevès (69)
- Martha West (85)
- Adriana Geerts (50), Gierle
- Ida Alberts (42)
- Petronilla Cordier (31), Bovekerke,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Henry Silsbee (87), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Adriana Geerts (40), Gierle
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 16, 1700 at Delpher
Born on December 16
- 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 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
- 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
- 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
Died on December 16
- 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)
- 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
Names that were popular for boys in 1700
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Jacob
- Johannes
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jean
- Jacobus
- John
- Dirk
- Thomas
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1700
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Neeltje
- Johanna
- Joanna
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Mary
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Anne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1700
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 26 » The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
- February 27 » The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
- February 28 » Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar.
- March 1 » Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian calendar on this date in 1753.