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• Adrianus van der Voort, Monster († 1867)
• Aaltje Feberwee, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1795)
• Abraham Reijndersman, Amsterdam Eilandkerk
• Aatje Klaases Hoekstra, Feanwalden († 1855)
• Aaltje Klazes Hoekstra, Veenwouden
• aelbert schuijling, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Voort, Monster, ZH, Nederland († 1867)
• Adriana Pranger, Breukelen, UT, Nederland († 1861)
• Aatje Klazes Hoekstra, Veenwouden (Dantumadeel) († 1855)
• Aeltjen Feberwee, Deventer (NL) († 1795)

• Alixander Tack (74), parochie Sint-Petrus, Dikkelvenne, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Catharina Cools (58), Kontich
• Elisabeth Maria Brunet de Rochebrune Vrouwe van Dekema S (68)
• Joannes Baptista Van Cutsem (64), Halle, België
• Johan Heinrich Niehoff, Hüntel, Deutschland
• Caroline Augusta Margaretha Catharina Mantzel (7), Kuppentin, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kuppentin
• Leunis Cornelisse Laban (70), Sint Maartensdijk
• Charles-François Exchaquet (46), Servoz, Haute-Savoie, France
• Andreas Gaspard (66)
• Elisabeth Theresia Van Gompel (49), Testelt

• 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. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Joannes
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Arij

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
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)
• February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
• March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
• April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
• April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
• June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

The temperature on December 16, 1792 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.