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• Arnoldus Huijberts Koenen, 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hansen († 1831)
• Alexander Gijsbert Pieter van Son, Gellicum († 1829)
• Adrianus Hanssen, Bokhoven,Netherlands († 1831)
• Bernardus Van Grunderbeeck, Humelgem (Steenokkerzeel) († 1774)
• Adrianus Hanssen, Bokhoven († 1831)
• Adriana van der Walle, Nieuwerkerk, Schouwen-Duivenland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1836)
• Catharina Saleman, Utrecht († 1853)
• Barbara Fransen van 't Wel, Amersfoort
• Claas Jansen Pannekoek, Zeist († 1776)

• Johanna Neville - Hathaway (92), Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Ester Poulis (61)
• Elizabeth Isom (43), Fauquier, Virginia, United States
• Ester Poulis of Poulus of Pauwels (61), Tholen
• Hendrik IJsbrandsz van der Linden
• Geertruij Witkop (73), Leiden
• Hendrik Jans Schimmel, .........
• Leonardus Roeckx (87), Nuth (Hellebroek), Limburg, Nederland
• Joanna Geraedts (4), Sint Odiliënberg
• Jan Griesen (73)

• 1720 » Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal († 1803)
• 1746 » Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma († 1806)
• 1770 » Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist († 1836)
• 1777 » Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia († 1854)
• 1786 » François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France († 1853)
• 1799 » Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer († 1864)
• 1802 » Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright († 1885)
• 1808 » Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 1879)
• 1808 » Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse († 1871)
• 1829 » Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. († 1902)

• 1723 » Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1726 » Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
• 1790 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802 » Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)
• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)

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. Aaltje
13. Antje
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)
• March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
• 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 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

The temperature on February 26, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder.