Historical Events
- Dec 18 First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies
Famous Birthdays
Roger Williams (1603-1684)
Dec 21 English theologian and colonist, born in London, England
Famous Deaths
- Dec 4 Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
- Dec 9 William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
- Dec 13 François Viète, French mathematician dies in Paris (b. 1540)
- Dec 22 Mehmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603), dies at 37
- Dec 27 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68
