Events in History
- Dec 7 Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (ToruĊ) by Polish authorities.
- Dec 9 Colley Cibber's play "Caesar in Egypt" premieres in London
Historic Event
Dec 23 Emperor Charles VI names Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria land guardian of the Austrian Netherlands
Birthdays in History
- Dec 1 Charles Theodore, German Elector of Bavaria (1742-77), born in Droogenbosch (d. 1799)
Samuel Hood
Dec 12 Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, born in Butleigh, England (d. 1816)
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