About the day » Thursday December 3, 1761Calender converter

• Celia Vellin, Leiden
• Arnold Joseph FRANCK, BILSTAIN, Liège, Belgique
• Dirkje Don, Rotterdam († 1769)
• Antonius van Hal, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Bleumink, Zelhem († 1843)
• Bridget Brown, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States († 1835)
• Alexandre Louis Auguste de Rohan-Chabot († 1816)
• Alexandre Louis Auguste de Rohan Chabot, Paris, Île-De-France, France († 1816)
• Barbe VERHAEGH, Grimminge, 41022, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1830)
• Antje Stratingh, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1844)

• Jan Baart (25), Oostburg
• Hendrik Adelaar (2), Utrecht
• Helena de Win (46), Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Moerman (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pflugfelder (77), Kornwestheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Jannigje Kreukniet (0), Bleskensgraaf, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Paulusz Moerman (0), Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• James Shaw (67), Plumstead Meeting
• Arentje(Ariaentje) van der Valk (31)
• Derk Roelofs Rakhorst (79), Heerde (Apeldoorn), Gelderland, Nederland

• 1684 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer († 1754)
• 1722 » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher († 1794)
• 1729 » Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist († 1783)
• 1730 » Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior († 1794)
• 1755 » Gilbert Stuart, American painter († 1828)
• 1793 » Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic († 1867)
• 1800 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer († 1849)
• 1810 » Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist († 1879)
• 1826 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey († 1885)
• 1833 » Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician († 1915)

• 1668 » William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
• 1706 » Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
• 1765 » Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1789 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
• 1815 » John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)

• 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 14 » The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• September 8 » Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• September 22 » George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• December 16 » Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.

The temperature on December 3, 1761 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken.