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Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
William Shirley Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)
Ferdinand Konscak Croatian explorer (d. 1759)
Carlo Bertinazzi Italian actor and writer (commedia dellarte) born in Turin Italy (d. 1783)
Ferdinando Galiani Italian economistphilosopherdiplomat
Richard Montgomery Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)
John Breckinridge American politician (d. 1806)
Henry Doeff colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
Melancthon Smith Wade American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1868)
Jean-Charles Chapais French Canadian politician Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)
Heinrich von Sybel German historian (d. 1895)
Rufus Barringer American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Cabarrus County North Carolina (d. 1895)
Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
Charles Garrison Harker American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Swedesboro New Jersey (d. 1864)
Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau French Min of Foreign affairspremier
Deacon White American baseball player and a star during the first two decades of the sports professional era born in Caton New York (d. 1939)
C T Studd cricketer (brother of G B five Tests for England)
Charles Ringling American circus owner (d. 1926)
Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie Pa African American composer (Springarn Medal)
Jonas Cohn GermanEnglish philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
Francis Louis Casadesus French violinistcomposerconductor
Frank Reicher German-American actor (King Kong Son of Kong) born in Munich Germany (d. 1965)
Ruth Draper American lecture artist [or 1989]
George Minot American physician worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)
William Gaxton American actor (Destry Convoy) born in San Francisco California (d. 1963)
Charles H. Wesley author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)
Leo Ornstein Russian-American composer (Bio in Sonata Form) born in Kremenchuk Russia (d. 2002) (birth date uncertain)
Warren William [Krech] American actor (The Wolf Man Cleopatra) born in Aitkin Minnesota (d. 1948)
Rewi Alley New Zealand writer (Americans in China)
Hovhannes Bagramyan Marshall of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
John Barbirolli English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)
Ray Morehart American baseball player (d. 1989)
Raimundo Orsi Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)
Dec 02 1620 English language newspaper Namloos begins publishing in Amsterdam
Dec 02 1682 English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam
Dec 02 1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks off English southern coast is destroyed by fire