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• Anna Maria Laros, Lienden († 1885)
• Andries Fredrik Waalberg, Amsterdam
• Adrianus de Man, Ammerstol († 1862)
• Ariaantje Stigter, Maasland
• Antonie Hagoort, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1875)
• Antonet(ta) van Do(o)ren, Someren († 1844)
• Arie Vink, Vlaardingen († 1828)
• Aaltje Alberts de Boer, Steenwijk († 1870)
• Anthonie BURGHOUT, Giessen in het Land van Heusden en Altena
• Arie(N) Kooij, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Jannetje Obdam (44), Alkmaar
• Anneke Eliasse (31), Ammerzoden
• Engelbertus van Dalen (43), Brakel Gelderland
• Ariaantje Stigter (0), Maasland, ZH, Nederland
• Anne Catherine PADUWAT (55), Bogaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Gerbrig Schutter (60), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Witkamp (0), Schiedam, Gemeente Schiedam, South Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Joseph COOPMAN (76), Baelen, 4837, Liège, Belgique
• Geertruij Wagemaker (42), Amsterdam
• Hendrik Lubbertsen Hulleman (58), Nunspeet

• 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
• 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
• 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)

• 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
• 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)

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

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Antje
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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 13 » Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
• January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• March 18 » Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
• June 10 » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• July 23 » Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.

The temperature on December 15, 1793 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.