About the day » Sunday December 31, 1769Calender converter

• Aaltje Jansdr Schilperoord, oud-beijerland (zuid holland) († 1825)
• Aaltje Jans SCHILPEROORT, Oud-Beijerland († 1825)
• Adriaan Siese, Zierikzee
• Aaltje Jansdr Schilperoord (Schilperoort), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Adriana Johanna (Sjaan) Verboom, Hillegersberg († 1839)
• Adriaan Sijs, Zierikzee
• Aaltje Alblas, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Riel, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ham, Oosterhout, Nederland († 1843)
• Abraham Aartsz den Hoed, Ridderkerk († 1827)

• Klaas Klaasz (of Huygen), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Gerard Corstiaans van DISSELDORP (81), Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henricus Franciscus BUCKKEMS, Mierlo, 3981, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Baudry, Hasnon, 59178, France
• Anneke Sjoerds- (50)
• Jan Bollard (43), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Henricus Franciscus Buckems (43), Mierlo, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Jansz van Zutphen (66), Haarlem
• Grietje Bastiaans BOER (5)
• Catharina Adriaensen (58), Grobbendonk

• 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)
• July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
• July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
• December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
• December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

The temperature on December 31, 1769 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken donker.