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• amélie QUENON, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Albert Roelofs († 1809)
• Anna Therese Bouckaert, Roeselare
• Aartje van Noort, Leerdam
• Adrianus van Gerven, Den Dungen
• Abraham Vooijs, Katwijk
• Brígida Angélica de Toledo, São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1824)
• Anna Dijkman, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Calvin Newhall, Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1823)
• Anna Maria Esselbrugge, Burgsteinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• Grietje Philipsen (59), Ede
• Liesbeth Daams (75), Noordwijk
• Jan van Zuilen Suylen (55)
• Joseph HAUTEBERG (22), Mélisey 70270 Haute-Saône
• Johannes Schakenbos (0), Alkemade
• Leendert Leendertszn Erkelens (56), Oud Alblas
• Charles LANNOY (65), Gilly (Charleroi), 6060, Hainaut, Wallonie, BELGIQUE
• Felix Mechelaere (49), Torhout,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Grietje SIPKES (60), Sumar (Suameer), Tytsjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• John Low (0), Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England

• 1678 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida († 1762)
• 1699 » Maria Josepha of Austria († 1757)
• 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
• 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)

• 1691 » Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
• 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)

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

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

•  This page is only available in Dutch.
  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
• August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
• August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
• November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
• December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
• December 6 » Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

The temperature on December 8, 1745 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: nevel mist.