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• Antje Wybes Cnossen, Hommerts
• Akke Rinkes, Ouwsterhaule, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Beernaert, Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1843)
• Bernardus van Rijswijk-, Wehl, Nederland († 1823)
• Arend Willemsz QUAK, Rozenburg († 1834)
• ? (levenloos) Quist, Oud Vossemeer gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1777)
• Antje Heins Cnossen, Hommerts, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1786)
• Bernardus Rijswick, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Heins' Cnossen, Hommerts († 1785)
• Antje Heins, Hommerts, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1786)

• Henrica Coenen (67), Swalmen, Nederland
• Maria Heijns (73), Liefkenshoek, Belgie
• ? (levenloos) Quist (0), Oud Vossemeer gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Maria van Doorn (91), Amsterdam
• Jan Van DYKE (68), Monmouth County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Maria Theresia Van Nauwen (50), Sint Joris Winge
• Henry Emig (38), Haycock, Bucks Co, PA
• Elsabeth WEYNS (76), Rijkevorsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Jan Baptist Sap (66)
• Everardus van Wulven (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)

• 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. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
• July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
• October 22 » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

The temperature on December 4, 1777 was about 9.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.