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• Anna Maria van den Bogaart, Nistelrode († 1833)
• Christianus Poppelier, Roosendaal, Nederland
• Heijltje van den Hoven, Soest
• Arent van Ketwig, R.K. Mozes-en Aäronkerk, Amsterdam
• George Hale,, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland († 1837)
• Carolus Josephus ( Myle ) Muylle, Eernegem
• Adriana den Hollander, Oostkapelle
• Christianus Popelier, Roosendaal
• Anne Therese AMELOOT, St Jacobs Kapelle Diksmuide († 1856)
• Constand Adriaanse Rooij, Brouwershaven († 1824)

• Jenneke Te Brummelstroot, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franciscus Josephus de Ridder (0), Bouchout
• Joanna Maria Bekkers (55), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoni Lambertz Killewigh (68), Huizen
• Anthoni Lammerts van Killewigh (68), Huizen
• Johanna Maria Beckers (55), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna Gijsberts Loef (1), Amersfoort
• Anthoni Lambertsz Killewigh (68), Huijsen(NH)
• Antje Willems Vink, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Johanna Maria BACKERS, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1730 » Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader († 1763)
• 1742 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal († 1819)
• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)
• 1804 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic († 1889)

• 1669 » Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

• 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)
• March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
• July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
• November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on December 16, 1766 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.