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• David Bodeenhamer, Sparta, Christian., Missouir, Verenigde Staten († 1857)
• Anna Elisabet BOVEN, Meerhout, 2450, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• , Snellegem († 1802)
• Abraham Zwiers, Almelo († 1852)
• Cornelia Blomjous, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Sheib Althouse
• Agatha Cornelisdr. Duwe, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Cornelia Blomjous, Tilburg, Nederland
• Elias Braakenburg, Haarlem († 1864)
• Adrianus van Well, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Clara van der Nagel (58)
• Georg Henrich Müsse (72), ausgewandert nach Übersee
• Gebbe Bockholt (82), Schüttorf
• Catherine DRINCKZEUG (74), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anne Françoise Lorin (57), Gavray
• Gerrit Klazes (0), Berlikum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Gomarus Braet (3), Maldegem-Adegem
• Jacob Janse Vrooman (75)
• Aldegond Everaerts (0), Maastricht
• Adrianus Meyster (40)

• 1718 » David Brainerd, American missionary († 1747)
• 1723 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician († 1781)
• 1727 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat († 1794)
• 1745 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist († 1826)
• 1748 » Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian († 1831)
• 1772 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general († 1824)
• 1808 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France († 1873)
• 1816 » Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer († 1895)
• 1818 » Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer († 1893)
• 1826 » Dinah Craik, English author and poet († 1887)

• 1703 » Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)
• 1769 » Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)

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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 20, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: hagel regen.