Historical Events
- Dec 7 Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Film & TV History
Dec 9 Colley Cibber's play "Caesar in Egypt" premieres in London
Maria Elizabeth Named Land Guardian
Dec 23 Emperor Charles VI names Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria land guardian of the Austrian Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 1 Dismas Hatas, Czech composer, born in Vysoké Mýto (d. 1777)
- Dec 5 Joseph Friebert, Austrian composer, born in Gnadendorf, Lower Austria (d. 1799)
- Dec 8 Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, French organist, harpsichordist, and composer, born in Dijon, France (d. 1799)
- Dec 11 Charles Theodore, German Elector of Bavaria (1742-77), born in Drogenbos, Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1799)
Samuel Hood (1724-1816)
Dec 12 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, born in Butleigh, England
- Dec 13 Franz Aepinus, German physician and physicist, born in Rostock, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1802)
- Dec 24 Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician, naturalist, and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons, born in Schaffhausen, Netherlands (d. 1811)
- Dec 31 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, Czech organist and composer, born in Lahošť, Czech Republic (d. 1788)
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