Historical Events
- Dec 9 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
Famous Birthdays
Richard Montgomery (1738-1775)
Dec 2 Irish General in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, born in Swords, Dublin
- Dec 14 Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer, born in Velvary, Czech Republic (d. 1814)
- Dec 26 Thomas Nelson, American member of Continental Congress (signer of Declaration of Independence), plantation owner and Virginia militia general, born in Yorktown, Virginia (d. 1789)
- Dec 28 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, German composer, born in St. Martin im Innkreis, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1767)
Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)
Dec 31 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general and colonial administrator (leading British general in the American War of Independence), born in London
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