Historical Events
- Dec 27 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Dec 4 English philosopher (Leviathan), dies of a stroke at 91
- Dec 17 Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies
- Dec 20 Johan Maurits, Dutch nobleman, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1964-79), Governor of Dutch Brazil (1637-43), and military leader (Eighty Years War; Dutch-Portuguese War), dies at 75
- Dec 26 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
- Dec 31 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
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