What Happened in December 1714

Famous Birthdays

George Whitefield (1714-1770)

Dec 16 English-born Methodist leader and preacher, born in Gloucester, England

  • Dec 19 John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
  • Dec 21 John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier, born in Annapolis Royal, Canada (d. 1774)
  • Dec 23 Johann Siebenkas, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1781)
  • Dec 24 Rainieri de' Calzabigi, Italian poet and librettist, born in Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1795)
  • Dec 31 Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (approximated the value of pi and its square, pi^2), born in Kurume, Kyūshū, Japan (d. 1783)