Events in History
- Dec 3 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
Historic Event
Dec 20 Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1
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Deaths in History
- Dec 15 Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
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