About the day » Monday December 20, 1790Calender converter

• Arnauld Moran, Erps-Kwerps
• Christianus Baes, Dussen
• Anna Maria van Eikern, Utrecht
• Aalbert Gluvers, Rotterdam († 1852)
• Anna Maria Francisca Romkes, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1809)
• Bernardus Klein Gebbink, Beltrum
• Adrianus MINNIAU, Pamel († 1817)
• Cornelis De Fluiter, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1849)
• Anna Maria Van Grunderbeeck, Berg († 1850)
• Antje DJOERDS, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Noardeast-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland († 1798)

• Anneke Koekkoek (5), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Nachtigalová (0), Šanov 15
• Antony Jan Moonen (71)
• Dochter Fournier (0), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Cornelia van Campen (36), Monster
• Aegidius Joosten (70), Neer
• Aarjan Cornlisz van Oosten, Warmenhuizen
• Bertha Christine Jül Reedtz (50), Arreskov Gods, Öster Haesinge, Seeland, Denemarken
• Cornelis van 't Loo (29), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Lebherzin (70)

• 1740 » Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat († 1792)
• 1786 » Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer († 1853)
• 1792 » Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator († 1845)
• 1806 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1871)
• 1812 » Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet and educator († 1842)
• 1838 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator († 1926)
• 1841 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
• 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
• 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)

• 1722 » Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Louis, dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 » Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 » Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
• 1812 » Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
• 1820 » John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)

• 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 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
• 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.
• July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

The temperature on December 20, 1790 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.