About the day » Thursday December 21, 1752Calender converter

• gertrudis verlinden, helden
• Hendrik Gerritsz Spigt, De Koog (Texel, NH)
• Hendrik Thomas Doms, Minderhout, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1821)
• Cornelis Johan Bloys van Treslong, Steenbergen († 1837)
• Cornelis Johan Bloijs van Treslong (Bloys van Treslong), Steenbergen († 1837)
• Anna│Antje Pietrs Vijverberg, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1804)
• Cornelis Johan Blois van Treslong, Steenbergen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1837)
• Anna Maria Vandenbussche, Westrozebeke,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1803)
• Gaspar CHAMPAGNE, Velm, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Georg Jacob Beck, Backnang, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1818)

• Gerritje Jorisd van Santen (18)
• Anna Maria Hild (0), Odersberg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Elijsabeth Johannisd QUACKENBOS (40)
• Joanna Van Dessel, Duffel
• Anne Thérèse de Cordes
• Hannah Horton (48), Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Susannah Horton (48), Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
• Adriaan DONSELAAR, Kockengen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne GRENET (69)
• Dominique MOREL (50), Bugnicourt,59151,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE

• 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)

• 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)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
• April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
• June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
• September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

The temperature on December 21, 1752 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.