Dec 2 John Breckinridge, American lawyer (5th United States Attorney General) and politician (U.S. Senator from Kentucky), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1806)
Dec 2 Joseph Graetz, German composer (d. 1826)
Dec 18 Knud Lyne Rahbek, Danish literary figure (Om sku skuespillerkunsten) (d. 1830)
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