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• Adrianus van Prooijen, Willemstad († 1865)
• Aaltje Klaas Kruijmer, Huijsen
• Aaltje Dorland, Marken, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Anderson, St Madoes, Perthshire, Scotland
• Aderjaan Hermensz. Dekker, Papendrecht († 1780)
• Adriaan Hermenszn Dekker, Papendrecht
• Adriana Jans Toet, Scheveningen († 1853)
• Adriaantje Cornelisse van der Walle, Nieuwerkerk († 1836)
• Adrian van Lyshoudt, Meijel,Limburg,Niederlande († 1824)
• Aafje van Haveveld, Schermerhorn († 1812)

• Anna Maria Jacobs (49), Steenderen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacob Jacobsz Breen (60), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Baptist Van Wolvelaer (72), Melsele (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Jacobus Jacobs (38), Groesbeek
• Denis AHAGE (72), Santes,59,Nord,Nord/pas de Calais,FRANCE
• Jacob Jacobsz BREEN (61), Ouddorp
• Jacob Breen (60), Ouddorp
• Arend Garms Draijer (65), Hellum, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Jan van Muijden (19), Aan boord Honkoop
• Godefroy de Secondat de Montesquieu (72), Agen

• 1761 » Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat († 1828)
• 1779 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general († 1869)
• 1780 » Lucy Barnes, American writer († 1809)
• 1785 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor († 1857)
• 1787 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer († 1826)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator († 1861)
• 1812 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company († 1895)
• 1817 » Princess Clémentine of Orléans († 1907)
• 1818 » William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts († 1905)
• 1823 » Charles I of Württemberg († 1891)

• 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)

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 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• 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.

The temperature on March 6, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.