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Born on Tuesday December 6, 1707
- Catharina Franssen, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1715)
- Bauke Boeles († 1716)
- Hendrik Marcelis P Stoffels Rijsbergen van, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bastiaan, Harderwijk († 1775)
- Jan Hellingwerff, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1754)
- Bastiaan Olofsen, Harderwijk († 1775)
- Cornelis de Jongh, Woerden († 1711)
- Anna Catharina De Grooff, Lier, Antwerpen, België
- Guilielmus Swinnen, Geel
- Jan van ECK, Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1788)
Died on Tuesday December 6, 1707
- Johannes Marburger (39), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- John Ensign Curtis CPT (96), Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
- Albert van Stevening (70), Leiden, Z.H
- Arij Gerrits van den Hoonart
- Cornelis Laurensz van Dijk (48), Vlaardingen
- Joannes van Dongen, Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aelbert van Steveninck (70)
- Elisabetha Catharina DINGELDEIN (24)
- Gertrudis Roomers (32)
- Benjamin Curtiss (95), Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 6, 1707 at Delpher
Born on December 6
- 1637 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York († 1714)
- 1640 » Claude Fleury, French historian and author († 1723)
- 1642 » Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer († 1703)
- 1685 » Marie Adélaïde of Savoy († 1712)
- 1721 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician († 1794)
- 1721 » James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist († 1809)
- 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
- 1778 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist († 1850)
- 1792 » William II of the Netherlands († 1849)
- 1803 » Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony († 1829)
Died on December 6
- 1618 » Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 » Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1675 » John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
- 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
- 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
- 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788 » Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1707
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- January 1 » John V is proclaimed King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.
- January 16 » The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
- April 25 » A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- August 20 » The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
- October 22 » Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
- November 30 » The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.