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• andré LACHAMBRE, Morlanwelz (Belgium) Hainaut († 1811)
• Célestine Joseph Plouquet, Flobecq, Hainaut, Belgique
• Abraham van Westen, Serooskerke (W)
• Christiaan Frederik Frans Vrijheer Kesling van Bergen († 1807)
• Boije Boye Hansen Bos († 1821)
• Cornelia Morrewijn, Wassenaar
• Apollone de Klerk, Boschkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)
• Catharina van Lennep, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Catharina van Lennep, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Adrianus van Oorschot, Helmond

• Gerrit (0), Harderwijk
• Christian Hartmann (75), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Aart Cornelisz Aartse den Haan (87), Langerak
• Antje Gosses (26), Bergum, Friesland, Nederland
• Geertje (Gerritje) Jacobs(en) (Windels) (67), Kootwijkerbroek
• Geertje Jacobs Windels (67)
• Geertje Jacobs (67), Kootwijk
• Geertje Windels (67), Kootwijk
• Bastiaan Leendertsz NOORDIJK (70), Geervliet
• Arien Dirksz Houtkoper (0), Noord Scharwoude, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1714 » Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Charles Edward Stuart, Scottish claimant to the throne of England († 1788)
• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)

• 1679 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
• 1691 » Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1691 » Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)

• 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 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
• December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

The temperature on December 31, 1766 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: donker mist. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.