About the day » Sunday December 4, 1768Calender converter

• Aaltjen Jans Visser, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1851)
• Albert Larekamp, rhenen (utrecht) († 1819)
• 32John Edgecomb, Saco, York, ME († 1824)
• Aagje Jans Fekke, Beets
• Adriana Breeman, Middelharnis († 1847)
• Aaltien Jans DULMANS, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1849)
• Aaltje Visscher, Heerde († 1851)
• Aalbert Larekamp, Rhenen,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1819)
• Adriana Gerrits Breur, Sommelsdijk († 1807)
• Aalbert Laarekamp, Rhenen († 1819)

• Helena Jacoba de VICQ (44), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Schuyt (46), Wageningen
• Elizabeth Deane (68)
• Henricus Petri LEMMENS (52), Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker
• Antje van der Schuyt (46), Wageningen
• Baartje van der Plas (66), Katwijk
• Anna Margarethe Wiedenbein (58), Altenrode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Grietje GEERTS (3), Usquert, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Hendricus Lemmens (52), Oploo, NL
• Jacoba Helana de Vicq (44), Amsterdam

• 1670 » John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1742)
• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)

• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Cornelis
4. Joannes
5. Johannes
6. Hendrik
7. Willem
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Gerrit
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Cornelia
7. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Antje
12. Adriana
13. Elizabeth
14. Aaltje
15. Neeltje
16. Mary

• 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)
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
• November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on December 4, 1768 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.