Historical Events
- Dec 4 Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
Historic Event
Dec 6 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army retreats to Scotland
- Dec 10 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches Manchester
- Dec 15 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussian force beats Saksen & Austria near Dresden
- Dec 20 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches the river Esk
- Dec 25 Prussia and Austria sign Treaty of Dresden giving much of Silesia to the Prussians
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 24 Benjamin Rush, American physician & politician (signed the Declaration of Independence), born in Byberry, Philadelphia (d. 1813)