About the day » Sunday December 2, 1770Calender converter

• Aaltje, Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland
• Monfies, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Arendse, Ermelo († 1814)
• Anna Maria GOOSSENS, Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1831)
• Timmer († 1842)
• Aagje Pietersdr Muus, Wognum († 1831)
• Aletta Bos, Veenendaal († 1842)
• Akke Symons de JAGER, Jutrijp († 1845)
• Anna Maria Hirsch, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Duitsland
• Aafje Muus, Wognum († 1831)

• Joannes Cremers, Munstergeleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje Wajenberg (Wijenberg) (0), Nunspeet
• Laurentius Seys (64), Roeselare, België
• Henricus Lanciers (67), Kampenhout
• Aartjen Weijenberg (0), Nunspeet
• Joannes Raemaeckers (96), Echt (Echt-Susteren), Limburg, Nederland
• Henricus Lanciers (67), Kampenhout, België
• Laurentius Seys (64), Roeselare
• Lisabet Jansen van Dolder (1), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johann Heinrich Gros (67), Hennweiler, Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• 1738 » Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general († 1775)
• 1754 » William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York († 1809)
• 1759 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society († 1828)
• 1760 » John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General († 1806)
• 1760 » Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator († 1826)
• 1810 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle († 1892)
• 1811 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture († 1885)
• 1817 » Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician († 1895)
• 1825 » Pedro II of Brazil († 1891)
• 1827 » William Burges, English architect and designer († 1881)

• 1694 » Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
• 1723 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
• 1726 » Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
• 1747 » Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
• 1748 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
• 1774 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)

• 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 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
• April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
• November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

The temperature on December 2, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: mist regen.