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• Egbertus Blankenvoort, Mander († 1836)
• Dorothy Rowley, Chatham Twp., Middlesex, CT
• Frouwe Heres Bontkes, Blijham (gem. Westerwolde) († 1810)
• Cornelia Antonius MAAS (MAES), Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Elizabeth Venings, Hillegom, ZH, Nederland († 1827)
• Aaltje Hinrichs, Grossefehn, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany († 1855)
• Aafke van der Spoel, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1834)
• Helena van Houtum, Berlicum
• Adrianus van Alem, Driel
• Hermanna Albers, Wilp, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1844)

• Anna Margaretha Hellbusch (77), Hellbusch, Duitsland
• Louise AVRIL (55), Channay-sur-Lathan, 37330, France
• Anna Catharina van Sant, Halsteren
• Adriaan Weveringh (39), Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Tromp (1), Aalsmeer
• Daniel Whittaker (89), Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Elisabetha Hendrickx, Neer, Nederland
• Jan Verwer (42), Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Aylett (42), Chantilly, Westmoreland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Maria Josepha STRADIOT (2), Galmaarden, 23023, Hal-Vilvorde, Belgique

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

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. Jannetje

• 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.
• 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 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on December 12, 1768 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.