About the day » Monday December 21, 1722Calender converter

• Egidius Van Acoleyen, Lier, 2500, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1768)
• Geertruijd Elisabeth Scheerder, Amersfoort, r.c
• Anthony Sherman, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1800)
• gilles DELANOIS, Pâturages (Belgium) Hainaut († 1794)
• Catharina de Wael
• Elizabeth VAN BELLEGHEM, Oedelem,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1772)
• Carolus Thomas Dachelinckx, Meerbeke († 1799)
• Franciscus Kreitenberg, Griethausen
• Helena Jansen, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Lefferts († 1760)

• Judocus Patijn (62), Desselgem
• Gijsbert VAN DER POL, Tricht, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Meijnsie de Keijser (39), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Coleman (61), Amelia, Virginia, United States
• (75), Ellerhoop, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Maria Vermeiren (0), Aartselaar, 2630, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Lena Jorisdr van Dijck, Delft
• François Augé (71), Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France
• Grace Ventrus (69), Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Elizabeth Frances COLEMAN (64), Prince George County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1672 » Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer († 1737)
• 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
• 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)

• 1581 » Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1502)
• 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
• 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
• April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
• July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.

The temperature on December 21, 1722 was about 5.0 °C.