About the day » Sunday December 15, 1754Calender converter

• Abraham de Bruin, Hillegersberg, Geref
• Abijah Snow, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1819)
• Aartje Dirks Ouwerkerk, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelsdr Kaashoek, Tholen ZL
• Reinskje Piers, Poppenwier
• Alida Jacobs Biemond, Wateringen
• Anna BERKHOUT, Rotterdam († 1755)
• Anna Elisabeth Evers, Niderlangen, Emsland
• Aaltjen van NUNSPEET, Kampen († 1809)
• Andries van der Sanden, Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1833)

• Henri KARMAN (64), Spicheren, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• John Dunlop 3rd of Garnkirk (89), Scotland
• Jan Koppelaar (3)
• Gasparina Joannis Grielen (43), Merksplas
• Lisabeth Streuli (18)
• Elisabetha NIJSKENS, Neer, Gemeente Leudal, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Anna van OMMEREN (42)
• Antoine Baudry (8), Briis sous Forges, 91640, Essonne, FRANCE
• Johanna Thomasdr Trimmel (71), Delft
• Hans Adam Marquardt (78), Duitsland

• 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
• 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
• 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
• 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
• 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
• 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)

• 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
• 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
• 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
• 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
• 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)

• 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)
• January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
• May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

The temperature on December 15, 1754 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.