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• Arend Edzes van den Berg, Uithuizermeeden, province of Groningen († 1880)
• Adriana Maria Bertens, Tilburg († 1832)
• Aart Beertz Van Triest, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Jans SIEPEL, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Jans Siepel, Nieuwe Pekela († 1864)
• Abraham Sakes Pieters, Ee, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Schoemaker, Winterswijk
• Alijda Barendina Apart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Anna Maria Hoevenaars, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana VOLLEBREGT, Noord-Waddinxveen

• Joannes Franciscus Slegers (30), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
• Ann Catharina De Rijcke (59), Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Gilbert Albert Goblet (75), à Tournai
• David Berents Wemes, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Johann Martin Lang (68), Grosz Rechtenbach, Dld
• Joannes Petrus Franciscus Sterckens (49), Meer
• Aaltje Schellingerhout (57), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gesche Dükers Dirks (83), Leer, Ostfriesland, Preußen
• Anna Martina Peters (28), Stevensweert
• Joannes Slinkman (69), Elden

• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1786 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State († 1857)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1799 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter († 1852)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1805 » Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1878)
• 1806 » Stand Watie, American general († 1871)
• 1812 » John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario († 1872)

• 1751 » Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678)
• 1758 » Françoise de Graffigny, French lettrist (b. 1695)
• 1766 » Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)
• 1782 » Charles Gray, English lawyer and politician (b. 1696)
• 1789 » John Ponsonby, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1790 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian historian and philosopher (b. 1733)
• 1794 » Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742)
• 1803 » Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. 1750)
• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
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)
• March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
• May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
• July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
• December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

The temperature on December 12, 1790 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.