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• Aiaantje Mets, Amsterdam
• Abigail WILSON, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
• Abram (Abraham) Schoon, West-Graftdijk († 1830)
• Adriana van den Bogert, Oosterhout Noord Brabant Nederland († 1843)
• Anna Neuteboom, Leiden, Nederland († 1837)
• Anje CORNELIS, Baflo, Rasquert († 1828)
• Adriana Bogert van den, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Marijnis Hendrickx, Chaam,Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1826)
• Abelius Pieters Wassenaar, St. Jacobiparochie († 1804)
• Abelius Pieters (Abel) Wassenaar, St Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1804)

• Hendrik Swagerman (4), Amsterdam
• Catharina Geentkens (Geentjens) (3), Wechelterzande
• Cornelis Dirksz. Zwanenburg, Monster
• Aeltje Jannes (30)
• Gosina Wulfen van Harn (4), Lunteren
• Jannigje Lucasse VISSER (3)
• Catharina Geentkens (3), Wechelterzande
• Cornelis Swaanenburg, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Theresia Antheis (55), Wittlich, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Catharina RIDDERS, Elsloo,1556-1795,Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid,Verenigde Nederlanden

• 1724 » Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician († 1816)
• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)

• 1685 » John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (b. 1610)
• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)

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

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

• 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 4 » Great Britain declares war on Spain, thus entering the Seven Years' War.
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
• September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.

The temperature on December 12, 1762 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.