About the day » Saturday December 15, 1731Calender converter

• Bethiah Bishop, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1731)
• Jacobus Donners, Thorn, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Dijk, De Lier, 2678, Nederland († 1794)
• Jan Drentel, Aalten
• Henricus van der Post, Delft
• Elisabeth Jans van DijK, De Lier († 1794)
• Jacques Amable Aumay Dumais, Pointe-Claire, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada († 1731)
• Jakobus Deknatel, Amsterdam
• cornelia gerardus Bogers, Rucphen († 1766)
• Anna Katharina Ruhr gnt. Blotekamp, Hünxe, Dinslaken, Rheinland († 1742)

• Jan Hendrickze van Papendrecht (61), Dordrecht
• Cornelia Dirksdr. van den Aardweg (0), Lisse, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelis Gijsbertsz Bos (76), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacques Toussaint VALEZ (0), Hainin,7350,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Geertie Jans Keijzer, Zegwaard
• Cornelia Dirksd van den Aardweg (0)
• Cornelis Gijsbertsz Bos (76), Numansdorp
• Elizabeth Barnes (84), Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Hofmans (68), Baasrode
• Leuntie Crelisse de Jong (0), Wijk aan Zee

• 1610 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter († 1690)
• 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
• 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
• 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
• 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
• 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
• 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)

• 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
• 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
• 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
• 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
• 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Petrus
7. Jacob
8. Hendrik
9. Willem
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. John
14. Johann
15. Joseph
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Cornelia
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Johanna
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Mary
14. Adriana
15. Anne
16. Aaltje

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.

The temperature on December 15, 1731 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder.