About the day » Wednesday December 8, 1762Calender converter

• Eibertje Boone, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1827)
• Adrianus van Erp, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Anna Elizabeth Brunner, New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1837)
• Cornelis van der Does, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1836)
• Anne Martens de Koe, Woudsend, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Spruijt, Utrecht
• Calvin Howland
• Catharina, Katrina, Katie Parree, Amsterdam (NL) († 1841)
• Antonia Backers, Alphen en Riel
• Annetje van Dijck, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland

• Cornelius LOOCX, Bertem,3060,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Cuijndert Ariense van der PLAS (73), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin van Wouw (2), Wassenaar
• Catherine Robinson
• Benjamin Willemsz van Wouw (2)
• Anastasia Verduyn, Torhout
• Henderina Warners, Bronkhorst
• Andrew Moorman, III
• Benjamin van Wouw, Wassenaar
• Jan Huijbertsz van der Plas (0), Noordwijk

• 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
• 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)
• 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
• 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)

• 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)

• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 8, 1762 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.