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• Abraham van den Boogert, Sint Annaland († 1864)
• Alida Amelia van Loghem, Amsterdam († 1855)
• Agatha Peek, Amsterdam
• Jan Jobszn Wilsboom, Neder Hardinxveld († 1855)
• Amalberque Buffel, Aartrijke, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1802)
• Adriaan DUBBELDAM, Hardinxveld
• Abraham van den Boogaart, Noordwelle († 1864)
• Albertje Klaass PANDER, Koekange, Drenthe, Nederland († 1856)
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• Aaltje Spaanderman, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1834)

• Jean de Cossé-Brissac (82), rue Cassette, Paris 6e
• Guurtje Jansdr Knaap (73), West-Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Baldwin (0), New Garden MM, Guilford County, North Carolina
• Gerrit Paulusz Schalck (87), heukelum (gelderland)
• Cornelis Albertsz LAP (63), Den Hoorn (Texel)
• Joannes Dom
• Hilligje Arents Kreeft (4), Hoogeveen
• Grietje Koldeweij (88), Winterswijk
• Gregorius BRANTEN (56), Mierlo
• Cornelius LOYENS, Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België

• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)
• 1830 » Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic († 1870)
• 1835 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer († 1910)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Joanna
9. Trijntje
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Elizabeth
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Adriana
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)
• March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
• May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
• October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
• December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

The temperature on December 17, 1780 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken mist.