of the Connecticut Colony (b. 1637) December 1 – Jeremiah Clarke, English composer and organist, suicide (b. 1674) December 24 Noël Coypel, French painter (b. 1628) Karolina of Legnica-Brieg, Silesian noblewoman (b. 1652) December 27 Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale, English earl, politician (b. 1654) Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer, diplomat (b. 1632) date unknown Maria Clara Eimmart, German astronomer, engraver and designer (b. 1676) Julie d'Aubigny, French swordswoman, opera singer (b. 1670) Umze Peljor, Bhutanese head of government and monk References