About the day » Sunday December 20, 1739Calender converter

• Adriana Halverhout, 's Gravenhage († 1741)
• Aaltje Jans Smit, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Janszn LAGENDIJK, Rhoon, 6226, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1803)
• Aagje Joostdr Verwer, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1760)
• Alexandrina Scheres, Oud-Valkenburg
• Aart Jansz Lagendijk, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1803)
• Aart Jansz Lagendrijk, Rhoon († 1803)
• Aaltje Reijns Hagen, Doornspijk, Gld. Nederland († 1830)
• aart jansz LAGENDIJK, rhoon († 1803)
• Abraham Riekels, Den Helder

• Frans Anthonie CZERNIN VAN EN TOT CHUDENITZ (29), Praag, Tsjechie
• Cornelis ANDRIES (14), Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Noardeast-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Joanna Maria van Beusekom (0), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Frans Anthonie Graaf Czernin van en tot Chudenitz (29), Praag
• Jobje Jacobs Moeijelijcker (59), Tholen(ZL)
• Leendert Jacobse Monster (8), Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jobje Jacobsdr Moeijelijcker (59), tholen (zeeland)
• Catharina Anné (68), Temse
• Maria Franzisca von Sternberg (27), Wien, Autriche
• Jacob Isaaksz HORDIJK (1)

• 1626 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician († 1692)
• 1629 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter († 1684)
• 1641 » Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician († 1724)
• 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
• 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
• 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
• 1806 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1871)
• 1812 » Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator († 1842)
• 1838 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator († 1926)
• 1841 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)

• 1658 » Jean Jannon, French designer and typefounder (b. 1580)
• 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
• 1812 » Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
• 1820 » John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
• February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
• May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on December 20, 1739 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.