Historical Events
- Dec 12 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
- Dec 22 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
- Dec 23 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund
- Dec 24 Swedish troops occupy Norway
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 8 Jan Althuysen, Frisian vicar and poet (Frisianche rymlery), born in Franeker, Netherlands (d. 1763)
- Dec 9 Georg Gottfried Petri, German composer, born in Żary, Poland (d. 1795)
- Dec 12 Gennaro Manna, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (now Italy) (d. 1779)
- Dec 27 Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
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