About the day » Friday December 24, 1762Calender converter

• Isaac Tange, Oost-Souburg († 1818)
• Anna Helena Ostermann, Düneburg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1838)
• Jacobus de Rijk, Utrecht
• Hilletje Huijgen, Eemdijk († 1808)
• Cornelia van der LINDEN, Oosterhout
• Henrica Gerrits Nijman, Duistervoorde,Twello,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Godefridus RUIJTEN, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Helena Ostermann, Dünenborg († 1838)
• Antonius Vervoert, Maasbree
• Antje van Geest, Naaldwijk († 1830)

• Jacobus Gijsbertus de Leijer (55), Boxtel
• Henricus Henrickx Nijssen (Neijssen) (54), Eersel
• Arie Hoogendoorn (63), Schoonhoven
• Hendrina van HEESWIJK (48), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus aan de Grote Port (82)
• Jacobus de Leijer (55), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Weber (64), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Hijktjen Alberts, Eenrum
• VANDEVOORT (77), Herk-de-Stad,3540,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriaantje Pieters Boer (37), Stormpolder

• 1726 » Johann Hartmann, Danish composer († 1793)
• 1731 » Julie Bondeli, Swiss salonist and lady of letters († 1778)
• 1754 » George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet († 1832)
• 1761 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer († 1831)
• 1761 » Selim III, Ottoman sultan († 1808)
• 1798 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright († 1855)
• 1809 » Kit Carson, American general († 1868)
• 1810 » Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator († 1873)
• 1812 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist († 1894)
• 1818 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer († 1889)

• 1660 » Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
• 1707 » Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)
• 1813 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)

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)
• May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
• June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• 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

The temperature on December 24, 1762 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: mistig.