Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 28 Johann Krieger, German organist and composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1735)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 1 Cristóbal de Isla Diego, Spanish Baroque composer and conductor, dies at 65
- Dec 6 Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poet, dies at 68
- Dec 14 Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar, dies at 69
- Dec 17 Wolfgang Schonsleder, Germany composer and clergyman, dies at 81
- Dec 18 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese-Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54