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April 23, 1674Born on Tuesday April 24, 1674
- Georg Rombach, Sankt Peter, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1702)
- Margaretha Haas, Griethausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Jacoba Sophia van Wickevoort, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1732)
- Joannes Van Den Abbeele, Wichelen
- Margarethe Hemmelberg, Dingden († 1730)
- Cornelis Cornelis Thomas van Hooijdonck, Wuustwezel (B)
- Jacobus Sneukelaar, Strijen
- Jacoba Sophia van Wickevoort, Amsterdam († 1732)
- György Görgey de Görgő, Toporec, Slovakia († 1735)
- Aleijdis der Kennis, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Died on Tuesday April 24, 1674
- Antoinette Catharina van Haccart Vrouwe van Ponthois (42), Doornik (Tournai), Henegouwen
- Petrus Caris (34), Weert
- Marie AZIOU (59), Penvénan, 22166, Côtes d'Armor, Bretagne, France
- Maria BELLAERT (69), Snellegem (Jabbeke), West-Vlaanderen, België
- Maria Mayken BELLAERT (69), Snellegem, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie
- Frances Devereux Boyle (74), Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
- Francis DEVEREUX (74)
- Pieter Barentsz van Amstel (38), Haarlem
- Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (75), Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
- Frances Devereux (Seymour) (74), Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 24, 1674 at Delpher
Born on April 24
- 1538 » Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua († 1587)
- 1545 » Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, English Earl († 1581)
- 1562 » Xu Guangqi, Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader († 1633)
- 1581 » Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint († 1660)
- 1608 » Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France († 1660)
- 1620 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician († 1674)
- 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
- 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
- 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
- 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
Died on April 24
- 1479 » Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b. 1440)
- 1513 » Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (b. 1465)
- 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
- 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
- 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
- 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
- 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
- 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
- 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
Names that were popular for boys in 1674
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jean
- Johannes
- John
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Thomas
- Jacobus
- Johann
- William
Names that were popular for girls in 1674
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Trijntje
- Anne
- Johanna
- Sarah
- Jeanne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1674
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 19 » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
- March 14 » The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
- May 21 » The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- September 24 » Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
- November 10 » Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.