one of the clergymen who founded Yale (b. 1659) December 4 – François Pétis de la Croix, French orientalist (b. 1653) December 5 – Tokugawa Gorōta, daimyo (b. 1711) December 14 Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia, Tsarevna of Russia (b. 1662) Thomas Rymer, English Historiographer royal (b. 1641) December 15 Frederik Johan van Baer, Dutch army commander (b. 1645) Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (b. 1625) December 17 – Nicolò Beregan, Italian noble and singer (b. 1627) December 18 – Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt, German Duke (b. 1668) December 31 – Edward Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (b. 1621) date unknown Basil Lazarus III, Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East Thomas Ellwood, English religious writer (b. 1639) References