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• Angela Rosalia Musseeuw, Zarren († 1781)
• Adriana van Gelderen, Utrecht (UTR) NL
• Anthonij Leenders Luijendijk, De Lier († 1848)
• Abram Oling, Thamen
• Antje Alberts, Eastersee, Lemsterlan, Friesland, Nederland († 1811)
• ANTHONIJ LUIJENDIJK, LOOSDUINEN († 1848)
• Ann BEARD (ISON)
• Antje Alberts Koopman, Oosterzee, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Joostz Knook
• Anne Marie Rega, Sint Margriete Houtem VL Brabant / († 1867)

• Fokke Tijsses (70), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, NL
• Geesje Jans (Buurman), Ede
• Ary Ewoudzn. van der Giessen (45), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Catharina Nelissen (79), Hoensbroek
• Anna Catharina Ottenhoff (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ELIZABETH DOUGHTY 3 (75), Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina (Anna) Ottenhoff (50), Amsterdam
• Fijgje Jansd De LEEUW (2)
• Arij Eeuwitsz van der Giessen (46), 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Anna Catharina OTTENHOFF (50), Amsterdam

• 1728 » Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer († 1804)
• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)
• 1806 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician († 1838)
• 1813 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist († 1885)
• 1837 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1915)

• 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
• 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
• 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
• 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
• 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader

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 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.
• March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
• September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
• October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.

The temperature on December 9, 1781 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.