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Died on Sunday December 15, 1771
- Antje Cornelisdr Veen (70), Oudkarspel
- Antje Cornelisd Veen, Oudcarspel
- Jan van Geijtenbeek (46), Lexmond
- Jannetje Dirks (Grift), Putten
- Amalia Louise FINCK-VAN FINCKENSTEIN (31), Gdansk, Polen
- Friederike Deke (0), Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Amalia Louise Finck van Finckenstein (31), Gdansk (Danzig), Pommeren, Polen
- Antje Veen (70), Oudkarspel
- Cornelis Peters Jan Willems Vos (82), Zeeland
- Amalie Finck de Finckenstein (31)
Born on December 15
- 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
- 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
- 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
- 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
- 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
- 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
- 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
- 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
- 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
- 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
Died on December 15
- 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
- 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
- 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
- 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
- 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
- 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
- 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
- 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
- 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
- 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
Names that were popular for boys in 1771
- Jan
- Johannes
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Joseph
- Jean
- Jans
- Franciscus
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1771
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Adriana
- Aaltje
- Anne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1771
- 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 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
- May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
- July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
- July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
- October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.
The weather on Sunday December 15, 1771
The temperature on December 15, 1771 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI