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• Catharine van de BURGT, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aallart Nieuwenhuis, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Francina Van Kerkfort, Borssele († 1851)
• Anna Maria Gesina Dierkes, Westerlohmühlen, Haselünne, D
• Anna Gertrudis Gulikers, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• André Camargo, Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Maria Gillade, Aalst († 1850)
• Albertus Bots, Nieuwkoop
• Charlotte Marie PITARD, Luceau, 72173, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
• Elisabeth Dirksdr. Schaap, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Benjamin Goold (born Gould) (88), Wells, York, Maine, United States
• Anna Maria VAN BELLINGHEN (36), Oetingen
• Harmanna Margaretha de Cock (52)
• Ambrosius Franciscus Van de Putte (44), Stekene (B)
• Catharina Bosmans, Beisem
• Anna Catharina Pluis (17), Geulle
• Anna Zingerle (31)
• Anna Maria Jacoba VAN LOO (0), Zandvoorde (Oostende), West-Vlaanderen, België
• Antje Woud (37), Krommenie, Nederland
• Cornelis Pietersz Stolk (50), Rotterdam

• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)
• 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
• 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)
• 1817 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1896)
• 1818 » Charles III, Prince of Monaco († 1889)
• 1822 » Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author († 1889)

• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Marie
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Adriana
11. Neeltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
• January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
• February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

The temperature on December 8, 1781 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder betrokken.