About the day » Thursday December 22, 1768Calender converter

• Bartholomeus Van de Cauwenberg, Hoogeloon
• Anna Geertruida Hagen, Breda (Noord-Brabant)
• Gijsbert van Vijeren, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ariaantje hendriksdr. van BAREN, westmaas
• Arie KEIZER, Heinenoord
• Carel Ferdinand Gunther Beckman, Wildervank († 1833)
• Egidius De Moor, Kemzeke
• Grietje Reintjes, Nieuwe Pekela († 1772)
• Grietje Jansdr van Zijl, Langeraar, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1803)
• Aaltje Willemsen Kok, Schokland, Flevoland, Nederland († 1821)

• Anna Margarete Meurer (92), Tübingen, Württemberg, Deutschland
• Anna Bollens (60), Sint-Pieters-Rode
• Maria Lievens (41), Nieuwerkerken
• Cornelia Offerhaus (1), Winsum
• Bethiah Burbank (28), West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Marguerite Therese Levecque (0), Troisvilles (F)
• Hilcke Frerichs (0), Klein Armenland, Esens, Ostfriesland,Dld
• Neeltje Gijsberts vjeeveren│vdSande (60), Rijnsburg
• Jan Hilverink, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Lyttelton (54), Clifford Street, London, England

• 1694 » Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic († 1768)
• 1696 » James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia († 1785)
• 1723 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer († 1787)
• 1765 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic († 1825)
• 1799 » Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist († 1864)
• 1805 » John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist († 1893)
• 1807 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic († 1873)
• 1819 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor († 1870)
• 1819 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic († 1892)
• 1839 » John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician († 1917)

• 1660 » André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
• 1666 » Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)
• 1681 » Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
• 1767 » John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
• 1806 » William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)
• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)

• 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)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• 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.

The temperature on December 22, 1768 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.