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• Dieuwke Jans Stap, Oude Bildtzijl († 1843)
• Aaltje Palsgraaf, Enkhuizen († 1857)
• Antje Dierdorp, Katwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1825)
• Anna Josepha JOANNO, Ohain († 1804)
• Aalbert van de Vliert, Renswoude Utr († 1847)
• Christina van Haastert, Noorden († 1835)
• Arie Pieters 't Lam, Leerdam († 1824)
• Adrianus Vijlbrief, Leiden, Pieterskerk († 1834)
• Amelberga Van Bogaert, Kruibeke
• Aleida Wilhelmina Richter, Rees, Duitsland († 1837)

• Jan Arends Jebbink-Haverkamp (alias Brinkerhof) (70), Vorden, Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Arends Jebbink - Haverkamp (70), Vorden
• Aris van Velden (76), ,,, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
• Christian Wunderlich (0), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• jacobus pieterse VALK (56), strijen
• Jacobus van Doesburg (van Doesburgh, van Doisburgh)) (57), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Van Nieuwenhove (67), Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacobus van Doisburgh (57), Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Gepke Luitjes (58), Zuidbroek
• Judocus Maes (0), Nieuwkerken-Waas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)

• 1751 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States († 1836)
• 1753 » François Amédée Doppet, French general († 1799)
• 1760 » Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer († 1832)
• 1766 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer († 1875)
• 1771 » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter († 1835)
• 1773 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1836)
• 1774 » Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer († 1814)
• 1789 » Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer († 1872)
• 1789 » Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician († 1854)
• 1794 » Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer († 1881)

• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on March 16, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.