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• Albert Larekamp, rhenen (utrecht) († 1819)
• Aaltjen Zweverink († 1850)
• Aalbert Laarekamp, Rhenen († 1819)
• Aaltje Leeman, Westbroek,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aalbert (Albert) Ariensz Laarekamp, Rhenen († 1819)
• Tjerk Geerts Kunst, Sappemeer († 1845)
• van der Meijden, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Gerrits Breur, Sommelsdijk († 1807)
• Aaltien Jans Dulmans, Borger († 1849)
• Aagje Jans Fekke, Beets

• Cornelia Hendriks van Dolder (4), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina ROUCOURT (0), Diest ( Onze Lieve Vrouw )
• Baartje Klaasdr van der Plas (66), Katwijk
• Antje van der Schuyt (46), Wageningen
• Annigje Dirksdr, Streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baartje Klaasdr van der Plas (66), Katwijk
• Jonathon Allen (119), Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Baartje Claasdr van der Plas (66), Katwijk
• Helena Jacoba de VICQ (44), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Dolder (4), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland

• 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. 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.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• 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 4, 1768 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.