About the day » Tuesday December 22, 1739Calender converter

• Henricus Baken, Bergeijk
• Aleyda Stroink, Enschede († 1797)
• Bastiaan Kemp van der, De Meern, Utr, Nederland († 1740)
• Abigail Foote, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America († 1751)
• Ernst Diederik van Zieten Heer van Dechtow, Dechtow, Brandenburg († 1798)
• Gilles Bohyn, Huise (Kruisem)
• Daughter van ORANGE NASSAU, Leeuwarden († 1739)
• Jacobus Jansz. de Koning, Aalsmeer († 1792)
• Edo Ahlrichs, Marienhafe,Lower Saxony,Duitsland († 1797)
• Jacob Smith, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland

• Daughter van ORANGE NASSAU (0), Leeuwarden
• Magdalene Mengel (71), Hatzfeld, Kreis Frankenberg
• mogelijk Helena van Haastert (Haestert) (54), Rijswijk
• Joannes Van Oost (0), Sleidinge, België
• Joannes Philippus Steffen (4), Bargen (A.Sinsheim), Baden (Dld.)
• Gijsbert Gijsberts van Spieringshoek
• Mrtvě narozená dcera von Orange-Nassau (0), Leeuwarden
• Geertje Goossen van Schayck (89), Albany, New York
• Adrianus Uijtdehaegh (0), Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Lydia Averell (27), Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1666 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet († 1708)
• 1694 » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic († 1768)
• 1696 » James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia († 1785)
• 1723 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer († 1787)
• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)

• 1641 » Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)
• 1646 » Petro Mohyla, Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
• 1660 » André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
• 1666 » Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)
• 1681 » Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)

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

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

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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 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
• May 16 » The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.
• September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

The temperature on December 22, 1739 was about 7.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.