Historical Events
Edmond Halley
Dec 3 Edmond Halley receives MA from The Queen's College, Oxford
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer), born in West-Vlieland, Netherlands (d. 1754)
- Dec 8 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat, born in Houghton, Cambridge, England (d. 1757)
- Dec 13 Yongzheng, 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, born in Yonghe Palace, Forbidden City, China (d. 1735)
- Dec 14 Daniel Neal, English historian, born in London (d. 1743)
- Dec 30 William Croft, English composer and organist, born in Nether Ettington (d. 1727)
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