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• Aaltje (Aartje) Jansdr. Saly, Barendrecht († 1819)
• Agnes Hodgson, Anneside, Cumberland, England († 1868)
• Arij Verkaik, Moordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Oostermeer, Rijswijk († 1860)
• (Garrit) Jan Kappers, Bredevoort, Gelderland, Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Carolina Catherina Mets, Temse († 1851)
• Arie ( Arij) Schok, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1834)
• Abraham Nicolaas van Pellecom, Arnhem († 1849)
• Abraham Nicolaas van Pellecom, Arnhem († 1849)
• Antje Heeres Speelman, Hommerts, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• "Jenneke" Arijsdr Buijs (63), Almkerk
• Jean Baptiste Ouellette (76), Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada
• jenneke ariijse BUIJS (63), almkerk
• Benno Boegemann, Dersum
• Hendrina Gerharts Hogers Hoogens (67), Chaam
• Jean Baptiste Ouellet (76), Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
• Henrich Dörnbach (0), Womelsdorf, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jan Barendsz Schenkvoort
• Cornelis Pietersz. Koole (0), Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Count Joseph of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (67)

• 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
• 1778 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist († 1850)
• 1792 » William II of the Netherlands († 1849)
• 1803 » Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony († 1829)
• 1805 » Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician († 1871)
• 1805 » Richard Hanson, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia († 1876)
• 1812 » Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1884)
• 1823 » Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist († 1900)
• 1827 » William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits († 1901)
• 1833 » John S. Mosby, American colonel († 1916)

• 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
• 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
• 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
• 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
• 1779 » Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
• 1788 » Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)

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.
• August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
• October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.

The temperature on December 6, 1780 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.