Historical Events
Celsius' Centigrade Temperature Scale
Dec 25 Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
- Dec 27 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 8 Maximilien Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Menuet Reine), born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
- Dec 10 Aagje Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children), born in Amstelveen, Netherlands (d. 1804)
- Dec 30 Bartolomeo Giacometti, Italian composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (d. 1809)
- Dec 31 Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1763)
