Famous Birthdays
- Dec 30 Ahmed III, 23rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703-30), born in Dobrich, Ottoman Empire (d. 1736)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 15 Margaret Cavendish, English poet, playwright and philosopher (early science fiction work The Blazing World), dies at about 50
- Dec 28 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and publisher (1st to use heliocentric theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, Atlas Major), dies at 77
- Dec 31 Oliver St John, English statesman and judge
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
80-89
Over 90