Famous Birthdays Dec 4 Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, born in Rennes, Brittany, France (d. 1730) Dec 25 Harald Vallerius, composer Dec 26 Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) Famous Weddings Dec 7 Princess Louise Henriette (19) of Nassau marries Frederick Henry Elector of Brandenburg Famous Deaths Dec 22 Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) Dec 23 François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582) 1645 History by Year 1647