What Happened in December 1669

Historical Events

  • Dec 20 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
  • Dec 31 France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 16 Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1729)

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 9 Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Italian Pope (238th: 1667-69), dies allegedly of broken heart at 69
  • Dec 16 Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician who served with the Parliamentarian army in the First English Civil War, dies at about 61 [b. circa 1608]