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• Berend Engelbertus Luiting, Lippenhuizen
• Arnoldus Everardus Brecx, Geraardsbergen, Oost Vlaanderen († 1870)
• Berend Barts Loijting, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Geensen, Biervliet († 1847)
• "Henrica" Hendrien Hendrien, Den Dungen († 1855)
• Anne COLLÉ, Vincey († 1866)
• Anna Maria Cremers, Munsterbilzen († 1845)
• Anna Catharina Reijns, Loon op Zand
• alexis DUFRANE, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Anna Breugelmans, Lille († 1817)

• Barend Cornelis Biesheuvel (83), , Waardhuizen, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• .... PRAETS (0), Zundert
• Henri Clephas, Nunhem
• Barend Cornelisz Biesheuvel (83), Waardhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Hermen Herms, Zwolle
• Hendrik (Alofs) Veldkamp (52), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara Van Der Linden (69), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Nederland
• Helena Nicolaas Staats (39), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Barend Biesheuvel (83), waardhuizen (zuid holland)
• Barend Cornelisz. Biesheuvel (83), Waardhuizen

• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)
• 1804 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic († 1889)
• 1812 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales († 1867)
• 1834 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist († 1910)

• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)

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.
• March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

The temperature on December 16, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.