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• Antonie Lambers Kool, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1833)
• Amalia Timmermans, Leiden, Netherlands
• Aagtje Kool, Krommenie
• Christiaan Aerts, Etten-Leur († 1830)
• Christiaan Jan AERTS, Made en Drimmelen († 1830)
• Albert Fransz Stookebrand, Enkhuizen († 1823)
• Christiaan Dettmeijer, Amsterdam († 1840)
• Amelia Timmermans, Leiden
• Christiaan Joannis Aerts, Hoeven, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1830)
• Adrianus Lelijveld, Ter Aar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Friederike Charlotte Wilhelmine Auguste van Erba (64), Wertheim
• Friederike Charlotte Wilhelmina van Erbach-Limpurg (64), Werth, Bayern, Germany
• Friederike Charlotte ZU ERBACH-ERBACH (64), Wertheim
• Frédérique d'Erbach-Erbach (64)
• Friederike Charlotte van Erbach-Erbach (64)
• Christoffel Wagemans (56), Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Fredrik Ligtenberg (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Elizabeth Antonij Verhagen (34), Schijndel
• Friederike Charlotte Wilhelmine von Erbach-Erbach (64), Wertheim am Main, Baden-Württemberg
• Friederike Charlotte von Erbach Erbach (64)

• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)

• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)

• 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 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
• August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
• August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
• November 30 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
• December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

The temperature on December 29, 1786 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.