About the day » Friday December 25, 1739Calender converter

• Arent Gagesteijn (Gagestein), Schiedam
• Alke Jans, Nieuw-Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1809)
• Antonius Valck
• Berent Pieters WIERINGA, Oostum, Groningen, Nederland († 1823)
• Alke Jans*, Nieuw Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1809)
• Antony VERHOEVEN, Almkerk
• Aagtje Thomas, AEngwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus (2) (Arnould Arnuldus) Bongaerts (Bongaarts Bongers), Limbricht (L) († 1808)
• Arent Hagestein, Schiedam
• Anneke Verschoor, Almkerk († 1778)

• Philippina Vandevelde (49), Waregem, Belgium
• Antonius Valck (7), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Mary Farnham (80)
• Petronilla Cruijssen, Tilburg
• Grietje Roest (1), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Margarita (67), Horst
• Catherine Joseph Lambert (76), Mons, Henegouwen, België
• Anders Ehrsson Nordman (30), Yttermalax, Malax, Ostrobothnia, Finland
• Arie Jansz WESTDIJK (6)
• Karel Joseph Graaf van Gaisrück (64)

• 1711 » Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer († 1772)
• 1716 » Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar († 1774)
• 1717 » Pope Pius VI († 1799)
• 1728 » Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor († 1804)
• 1730 » Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher († 1816)
• 1745 » Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor († 1799)
• 1757 » Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire († 1839)
• 1766 » Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher († 1838)
• 1771 » Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet († 1855)
• 1776 » Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet († 1859)

• 1635 » Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)
• 1676 » Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)
• 1676 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
• 1683 » Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634)
• 1730 » Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)
• 1758 » James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
• 1784 » Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
• 1796 » Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)
• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1824 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)

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.
• February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
• February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.

The temperature on December 25, 1739 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.