Events in History
- Dec 31 English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
Birthdays in History
- Dec 19 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland
Deaths in History
- Dec 8 Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717)