Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 7 Jurriaan François de Friderici, governor-general of Suriname, born in Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1812)
- Dec 9 Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen of Charles IV of Spain, born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1819)
- Dec 10 George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist, born in Bierton, Buckinghamshire (d. 1813)
- Dec 26 Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
- Dec 28 Josef Blažej Smrček, Czech organist and composer, born in Nove Mesto nad Metuji, Bohemia (d. 1813)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 12 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher, dies at 73
- Dec 16 Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
- Dec 17 Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech Baroque architect builder (St. Nicholas Church, Prague), dies at 62
- Dec 18 Kilian Ignaz von Dientzenhofer, Bohemian Baroque architect (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62
- Dec 19 Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)
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