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• David Mercier, Amsterdam
• Antien Jelten POSTMA, Munnekeburen († 1839)
• Filippo (III) Giuseppe Colonna, Rome († 1818)
• Antien Jeltes, Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Grondelle, Geertruidenberg († 1827)
• Hendrijntjen Flinkers, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonetta van Asten, Cromvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dmitri Vassilievich Galitzine († 1813)
• Engel Klaasz Wijker, Egmond aan Zee († 1844)
• Hannah Mount, Amwell, Somerset, New Jersey, United States († 1845)

• Janne GAUVEN (69), Sévignac, 22250, France
• Adriaan Pietersz Mettes (1)
• Bartholomeus van Loon (0), Tilburg
• Joannes Kaeckebeeck (86), Oosterzele
• Antonia Kate (2)
• Jacobje Jans Goedelmar (44), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Jean Baptiste Delpeche (78), St Sulpice, Quebec, Canada
• Jan Gerritsz Sonnevelt (60), Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Porter (90), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Alice Clark Shailer (47), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut

• 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
• 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
• 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
• 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
• 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
• 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
• 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
• 1811 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 1885)
• 1817 » Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician († 1895)
• 1825 » Pedro II of Brazil († 1891)

• 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
• 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
• 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
• 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
• 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
• 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)

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.
• March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
• June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• 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.
• November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.

The temperature on December 2, 1760 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.