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• Bishop Charles Lindsay of Kildare († 1846)
• Abraham Groff Martin
• Arjen Jans Noordenbos, Holwerd († 1832)
• Arjen Jans Noordenbos, Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1832)
• Daniel Par van der, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1794)
• Anne Marie Winter, Bremmelbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France († 1832)
• Edward Locke, Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelius Abt, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Geurt Embden, Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• bastiaan huigz TROOST, heinenoord († 1812)

• Catherine REINHARD (26)
• Cornelis Aris de Bruijn (35), Dubbeldam
• aaltje de KONING (28), ijsselmonde
• Maria Margaretha Thijssen (28), Borgharen, Maastricht
• Jannichie Gerrits van der Schuijt (86), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Balduinus D'Haen (86), Elversele (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Maria van Dusseldorp (27), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Godefrieda Maria van Bijsterveld (67), Zaltbommel
• Hildegond Pieters Hof (1), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• John Angell (51), Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island

• 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)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)

• 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)

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

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

• 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 9 » Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
• July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• August 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
• October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.

The temperature on December 15, 1760 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.