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• Elisabeth Van Aert, Wuustwezel († 1852)
• Anna Elisabeth Theiß, Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1785)
• Dorothea Neuring, 's-Gravenhage († 1849)
• Brigitta Isabella Bulcke, Moerkerke, België
• Carolus Bruyndonckx, Booischot
• Adriaantje Marinusse Slaager, Burgh († 1857)
• Adrianus van Hellemont, Rijsbergen († 1848)
• Adrianus van Helmont, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje BALEN, 's-Gravenhage († 1848)
• Christian Friedrich von Berckheim, Schoppenwihr, Bennwihr, Haut-Rhin, France († 1832)

• Eeke (Eke) Jans (81), Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• GEERTJE LANGENBERG, ROZENBURG
• David DE GEE (94), 'S-Gravenhage,,Zuid-Holland,HOLLAND
• Jacob Edward Currier (PA) Young (56), Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Hendrika De Ruijter
• Jacob Corneliszn Schouten (31), Spaarndam
• Geertje Pleuns Langenberg (35), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eeke Jans (79), Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jacoba Petrus (0), Enkhuizen
• Anthonius Westerlaake (9), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)
• 1815 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator († 1879)
• 1820 » William H. Osborn, American businessman († 1894)
• 1830 » Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician († 1907)

• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Neeltje
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)
• April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
• 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 21, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.