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• Anna Maria Elisabeth Willmes, Mittelsorpe (Duitsland) († 1790)
• françoise lambertine RANCELOT, Jumet (Belgium) Hainaut
• Cretien\Christianus BEX, Ulbeek (B) († 1815)
• Ariaantje Dirksdr. Klinkenberg, Noordwijkerhout († 1780)
• Gerardus Muysers († 1819)
• Catharina Riemers, Hoek
• Adriana Dirksd Klinkenberg, Noordwijkerhout, zh.nld († 1780)
• Geertrui van Osch, Drumpt
• Geertruij van Osch, Tiel (NL) († 1802)
• Catharina Riemens, Terneuzen

• Cornelia Voorgouw, Rotterdam
• Jacobus Verbruggen (1), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Livinus De Wilde (16), Moerbeke
• Gummarus Voet, Duffel
• Anne Sybrants (64), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Eggen (15), Wijnandsrade (L
• Aert Eewoutszn. VERSCHOOR (64)
• Aart Eeuwoutszoon VERSCHOOR (64), Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Emerentia Hendriksdr van Haastert (39), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aart Eeuwoutsz Verschoor (64)

• 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
• 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)
• 1815 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator († 1879)

• 1581 » Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1502)
• 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
• 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
• August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
• October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
• October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

The temperature on December 21, 1748 was about 7.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken betrokken.