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• Anna Catharina Steenvoort - Van Steenvoordt, Veltem
• Anna Maria Duimbeck (Doembeck, Dombe(e)ck), Griethausen
• Anna Maria Dumbeck, Griethausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aaltje van der Vlies, Sliedrecht († 1811)
• Andreas Andries Gijsbers, Hees Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland († 1837)
• Aaltje Bastiaans van der Vlies, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1811)
• Balthazar VANHAREN
• Anna Christina Reiners
• Adriana Cruijsheer, Ter Aar
• Barbara Crijnen Vermolen, Hilversum

• Anna Maria Cornelis Braspennincx (41), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelis Pannekoek (78), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Cornelisdr. de Zoete (0), Alphen aan den Rijn(ZH)
• James Allen (0), Shenandoah Co., VA
• "Geertje" Cornelisdr van der Gaag (40), Maasland
• Arien Sijmonsz Wit (73), Harenkarspel, Nederland
• Gesina Bennink (29), Delden Gericht, Overijssel, nl
• Elizabeth Ripley (83), Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaen Verhoop (104)
• Hans Jans Klaver (Claver) (98), Vollenhove

• 1710 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist († 1736)
• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)

• 1695 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

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.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on January 4, 1774 was about -1.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.