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• Abraham Isaak WIJZENBEEK, Fischbach,, Steiermark, Oostenrijk († 1839)
• Albertje Jans Regelink, Vollenhove, Brederwiede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1845)
• Abraham Cornelisse Dane, Stavenisse († 1845)
• Christiaan van Gils, Princenhage († 1808)
• Abraham Josefsz Spier, Kalkar, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1851)
• Abraham Daene, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1845)
• Catharina van de Kerkhoff, Someren († 1837)
• Catharina Strijbosch, Vlaardingen († 1763)
• Abraham Isaak Wijsenbeek, Fischach, Bayern († 1839)
• Abraham Daene

• Constance Isabelle Marie Anselmo, Anvers en l'Eglise St Jacques
• Elizabeth SOMMERS (JOHNSON)
• Jean Pierre HETRU (18), Audruicq(62)... Hauts de France
• Anne Marthe Suers (65), Wildeshausen (D)
• Jan Noël HOUDART (28), Roeulx,59172,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Daniel Blodgett (77), Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
• Hans Jacob Buehler\Biehler (83), Keppenbach, Emmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Cornelis Cornelisz Rodenburgh (68), Overschie, Rotterdam
• Anna Martha Suhr (65), Wildeshausen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Florentina Fransdr. van Haghten (82), Den Haag

• 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. Joannes
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.
• March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
• September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
• October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

The temperature on December 15, 1762 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: geheel betrokken.