About the day » Thursday December 15, 1763Calender converter

• Elisabeth Charlotte de Goeswin, Liege
• Elisabeth Dreisbach, Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1859)
• Anna Folkers, Groningen
• Dirkje Zaal, Ter Aa († 1836)
• Cornelis Bijkerk, Zwijndrecht
• Aartje Jansze Pot, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1826)
• Antonia van der Vleuten, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis BIJKERK, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1817)
• Anna Elisabeth Van Leugenhaeghe, Melsele
• Cornelis Cornelisz RIETDIJK, Heenvliet

• Beatrus Kuijpers, Rotterdam
• Catharina Elisabetha BINDEWALD (66), Froschen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland
• Hensum Hensums Olers (58), Onstwedde
• Elisabeth van Driel (57), Zuid-Beijerland
• Joseph Denise (67), Troisvilles (F)
• Ingri Gabrielsdotter Nilsson (not Bure) (73)
• Antje Oldemann (57), Süderdeich, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Anne Marie PIETERS (77), Petite-Synthe, Friesland, Nederland,,FRANCE
• Gertruit Hanssen (2), Tichelwarf, Weener, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Katharina NN1 (60), Aue, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 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)

• 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 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
• May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
• August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
• December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

The temperature on December 15, 1763 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken mist.