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• Beert Cornelissen, Harderwijk († 1847)
• Catharina Peters Croonenburgh van, Best, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1818)
• Aaltje~Jans Ziesling, Tsjerkwert († 1832)
• Anna Vercalsteren, Schriek (Heist op den Berg)
• Barbe Isabella van den BERGHEN, Brussel, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1874)
• Anna Elisabeth Brans, Herenthout, België
• Aaltje Levie Simons, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Anna Van Casteren, Schriek
• Beert Cornelisse Dwars, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1847)
• Anna Vissenbergs, Sprundel (NL) († 1870)

• Antonus Verbruggen, Veerle, Belgium
• Dieltje Hannessen Roest (1)
• Joannes Baptist EECKHOUDT (68), Herne
• Cornelis BLANKMAN, Bosweg
• Cornelis Theodorus Mathijs VERSANTVOORT (70), Sint-Oedenrode, 4197, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Engbert Alberts, Kalkwijk, Hoogezand
• Joannes Nicholaus Janssen (45), Kerkrade
• Hendrik van der Leek (60), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Armida Potter (17), New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
• Joannes van Schooten (11)

• 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)

• 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 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
• May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on December 21, 1782 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.