Dec 3 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, born in Beroun, Czech Republic (d. 1825) Dec 11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1832) Dec 20 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Flemish horn player and composer, born in Ypres, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1832) Dec 23 Nathan Wilson, U.S. Representative from New York, born in Bolton, Massachusetts (d. 1834) 1757 Famous Birthdays by Year 1759