About the day » Sunday December 16, 1731Calender converter

• Anna Wilminck, Hengelo
• Anna Verhart, Rotterdam, Kralingen
• Aeltjen Slagman, Lochem
• Anna Maria Bakker, Axel
• Adriaantje Pieterse Slikboer, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• Abraham van Nieuwerkerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Slikboer, Fijnaart († 1810)
• Aafje Dirks Binnewijsen, Beemster, Nederland († 1806)
• Aeldert Tobiassen van Lienden, Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anneke van Brummelen, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Dammis Jans OUDECLEM (59), Strijen
• Elizabeth Dean (91), Kent, Maryland
• Benjamin Fitz Randolph (23), New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
• Lieuwe Gaelis (54), Veenwouden
• Govertje Leenderts van der Pol (1), Almkerk-Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antie Poulis Aukema (1), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Lieuwe Gaeles Gelis Geeles (56)
• Evertje Everts (2), Eemnes
• Dammis Oudeklem (59), strijen (zuid holland)
• Damnis Janse Oudeclem (59)

• 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)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)

• 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)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)

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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 16, 1731 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.