Bond, Speaker of the Massachusetts Province House (b. 1625) December 15 – Richard Hampden, English politician; (b. 1631) December 16 – Thomas Boylston, American colonist doctor (b. 1644) December 17 – Caleb Carr, Rhode Island colonial governor (b. 1624) December 20 – David Pohle, German baroque composer (b. 1624) December 24 Jacob Johan Hastfer, Swedish field marshal (b. 1647) Louis Thomassin, French bishop and theologian (b. 1619) December 30 – Samuel Morland, British academic, diplomat and spy (b. 1625) References