Births on December 2

Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (d. 1759)

Ferdinand Konščak (Spanish: Fernando Consag) (December 2, 1703 – September 10, 1759) was a Croatian Jesuit missionary, explorer and cartographer.

4 Feb

Forty-seven Ronin
In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
27 May

Peter the Great
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
27 Nov

Great Storm of 1703
The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.