Historical Events
- Dec 7 Great storm of 1703 hits Southern England - thousands killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships and around 1,500 seamen
- Dec 7 The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703
- Dec 27 England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
- Dec 31 Genroku earthquake off the coast of Japan, near Edo (modern-day Tokyo), kills thousands and triggers a large tsunami killing thousands more
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer and Jesuit missionary, born in Varaždin, Kingdom of Croatia (d. 1759)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 28 Mustafa II [Mustafa Oglu Mehmed IV], Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1695-1703), dies at 39
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