Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Dec 11 John Strype, English historian and biographer, dies at 94
- Dec 18 Antonio Stradivari, renowned Italian violin-maker, dies in Cremona, Italy, at 93
- Dec 19 James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, dies at 70
- Dec 27 William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
- Dec 29 Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)