On This Day

December 1737 in History

Birthdays in History

  • Dec 26 Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)

Deaths in History

  • Dec 11 John Strype, English historian and biographer, dies at 94
  • Dec 19 James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, dies at 70
  • Dec 27 William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
  • Dec 29 Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)

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