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What Happened in December 1744

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Historical Events

Earth's Wobble Discovery

Dec 31 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion or wobble

Astronomer James Bradley

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 8 Pierre-Joseph Candeille, French composer, born in Estaires, France (d. 1827)
  • Dec 19 Jacobus Cramer, Dutch priest (Archpriest of Holland and Zeeland, chaplain to King Louis Napoleon) (d. 1824)
Born in 1744

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 8 Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France, dies at 28
  • Dec 23 Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine, dies at 68

Famous Living People by Age

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