About the day » Tuesday July 5, 1774Calender converter

• Annechien Jansdr Brink, Muntendam, Nederland († 1857)
• Charles Jacques DE JAEGER, Westkapelle,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Eike Simons (Feikje, Yke, Eyke, Aike) Zijlstra, Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1844)
• Antonius van den DORPEL, Ekeren, Antwerpen, België († 1824)
• Elisabeth CORDEIL
• Francisca Christiaens, Teralfene († 1848)
• Elizabeth Davis, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1851)
• Crijn de Bruijn, Nootdorp
• Antonius Van den Dorpel, Ekeren († 1824)
• Anthoni Trip, Rotterdam († 1862)

• Maria Elisabeth de Bruijn (7), Sint-Truiden
• Anna Elisabeth MERCKELBACH (85), Dierdorf
• Cornelius Johannis Brans Goossens (61), Berghem
• Lucas DE TIMMERMAN (70), Schorisse,9688,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Georgia van Leeuwe (59), Adegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Maria Elisabeth de Bruijn (7), Sint-Truiden
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Bemmelen (0), Krichelberg-Kerkrade (Kerkrade), Limburg, Nederland
• Florus Arentse van der Hoek (77), puttershoek
• Maria Katharina Diederichs (70), Juchen Duitsland
• Henrica Catharina Wantenaer (62), Cuijk,Kuik,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1745 » Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet († 1824)
• 1755 » Sarah Siddons, English actress († 1831)
• 1780 » François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician († 1838)
• 1793 » Pavel Pestel, Russian officer († 1826)
• 1794 » Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist († 1851)
• 1801 » David Farragut, American admiral († 1870)
• 1802 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral († 1855)
• 1803 » George Borrow, British writer († 1881)
• 1805 » Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand († 1865)
• 1810 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1891)

• 1676 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1613)
• 1715 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1719 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
• 1773 » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)

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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 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.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on July 5, 1774 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.