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• Aaltjen Jans, Heerde († 1844)
• Abraham Dank, Hilvarenbeek
• Aaltje Jans, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1803)
• Aafje BREET, Wieringen,Noord-Hollamd († 1817)
• Anje Gerrits, Harkstede
• Aaltje Stavast, Dalem, 4213, Nederland († 1837)
• Aaltje Jans Kers († 1844)
• Abraham Fenton, Balderston, Lancashire, England († 1834)
• Aaltjen Willems, Wilp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Stephanus le Roux a2b2c3d8 († 1821)

• Catharine Ilse Schäper (0), Bramkamp, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Alexander Joannes Gillodts (54), Cassel (F)
• Aeltien Beumers, Warnsveld
• Adrianus Ons (9), Lubbeek, BE
• Antonius Saman, Sinaai
• Benjamin Palmer (46), Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
• Antoine DUPRE (49), , Viplaix, 03370, France
• Jacobus van Krogten, Amsterdam St. Anthonis Kerkhof
• Helena Elisabeth van Czettritz-Neuhaus (38), Poniatow (Seitendorf), Walbrzych (Waldenburg), Neder-Silezië, Polen
• Anna Maria Katharina Volz (80), Sulzbach, Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany

• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)

• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

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)
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on December 4, 1774 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken.