Historical Events
- Dec 3 Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
- Dec 4 Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Dec 3 Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
- Dec 4 Johann Georg Ebeling, German composer, dies at 39
- Dec 20 John Galle, Flemish engraver and printer, dies at 76
- Dec 25 Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
- Dec 25 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English aristocrat and Royalist general in the English Civil War, dies at 83
- Dec 26 Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
