About the day » Monday December 24, 1714Calender converter

• Gerardus van Heijst, Roosendaal
• Anna Barbara Faas, Bekond, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Joannes Cornelis Goossens, Adegem (B) († 1771)
• Dympna Sgrauwen, Zundert
• Elisabeth Herling, Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Heijlije van Dommelen, Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jean BACLÈNE, Mélin, 25064, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Guilielmus Haringh, Den Haag
• Elisabeth Catharina Maria Hofstede, Zuidlaren († 1746)
• Antje Gilles (Annetje) Soeteman, Charlois († 1784)

• Mary Katherine Hammond (43)
• Johannes Althaus (58), Womelsdorf, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Gilles Jansz van der Lely (54), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maetje Cornelisdr Meule (64), Stavenisse, Nederland
• Maetje Cornelisse Meulen (55)
• Catherine Margarethe Freudenborg (39), Hesepe, Bramsche, Osnabrück, Duitsland
• Maetje Cornelisd Meulen (64), Stavenisse
• Gilles (Jillis) Jansz. van der Lelij (54), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Kinswilder (33), Curaçao, N.A
• Maetje Cornelisdr Meule(n) (64), Stavenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1625 » Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist († 1673)
• 1635 » Mariana of Austria († 1696)
• 1679 » Domenico Sarro, Italian composer and educator († 1744)
• 1698 » William Warburton, English bishop († 1779)
• 1726 » Johann Hartmann, Danish composer († 1793)
• 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)

• 1635 » Hester Jonas, German nurse (b. 1570)
• 1660 » Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
• August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
• September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.

The temperature on December 24, 1714 was about 1.0 °C.