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Born on Sunday December 2, 1764
- Adriana Adriaans Oskam, Benschop
- Andries Cornelisz Vos, Leersum († 1769)
- Amelberga Boel, Temse († 1768)
- Adriana Oskamp, Benschop
- Anna HARMENS, Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
- Aaltjen TEUBENBROEK, Silvolde, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
- Ann Sarah BENTOT († 1765)
- Aart Bruine Vermeij, Katwijk aan Zee († 1821)
- Aaltje, Heeg, Friesland, Nederland († 1768)
- Agnes Klumpen, Breyell, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Died on Sunday December 2, 1764
- Joannes Wilhelmus Prevoes (40), Gronsveld
- Elisabeth Jansen TIBIS, Overpelt, 3900, Limburg, België
- Elisabeth (Jansen, Metten) Tibouts (75), Overpelt, Limburg, België
- Arien (Adriaan) Jansen Brienen, Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- John Raven (38)
- Catharina Maria (Camp) op de Kamp (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina Maria op de CAMP (86), Rotterdam
- Maria Catharina toe Geritz, Broekhuizen
- Abigael Doedes (56), Amsterdam, Nederland
- Magteld Andries Bosch (7)
Born on December 2
- 1703 » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer († 1759)
- 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
- 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
- 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
- 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
- 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
- 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
- 1811 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 1885)
- 1817 » Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician († 1895)
- 1825 » Pedro II of Brazil († 1891)
Died on December 2
- 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
- 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
- 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
- 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
- 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
- 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
- 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
- 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
- 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1764
- 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 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
- January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
- September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Weather December 2, 1764
The temperature on December 2, 1764 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: donker.