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• Elizabeth Anna Maria DRAPER, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1836)
• Denijs Nicolaaszn Nelemans, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1849)
• Catharina Theresia HERMANS, Roermond
• Aaltje Derks, Hornhuizen
• Claude Villeneuve, Le Pin, 36158, France
• Aart van de Kuilen, Harderwijk, Nederland († 1859)
• Christian Keinadt, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States († 1857)
• Elisabeth Anna Maria Draper, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands
• Appolonia BAUSEWEIN, Friesenheim († 1813)
• Col Jacob Beeson († 1823)

• Hermen Leuerink
• Anna Catharina Cuelman (36), Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland
• Levin Frederik II van Bismarck Heer van Briest (71), Briest, Brandenburg
• Levin Friedrich II von Bismarck (71), Havelsee, Brandenburg
• Guilielmus Plattebeurs (70), Erps
• Joannes LOOS (73), Nispen-Essen
• Tanneke de Kok (0), Aardenburg
• Joannes Loos (73), Essen
• Isabella Josepha Markette (50), Oostduinkerke (B)
• Esther Showard (76), Ashton Under Hill, Gloucestershire, England

• 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
• 1767 » Gabriel Richard, French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician († 1832)
• 1784 » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria († 1849)
• 1785 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician († 1821)
• 1789 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds († 1847)
• 1795 » Frederick William IV of Prussia, Prussian king from 1840-1861 († 1861)
• 1814 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter († 1841)
• 1816 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales († 1891)
• 1818 » Alexander Dreyschock, Czech pianist and composer († 1869)
• 1825 » Marie of Prussia († 1889)

• 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
• 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
• 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
• 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)

1. Jan
2. Cornelis
3. Johannes
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Dirk
12. Jacobus
13. Jean
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Joanna
7. Elisabeth
8. Catharina
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Aaltje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on October 15, 1774 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken.