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• Annigje den Besten, Arkel († 1837)
• Abele Berends Reitsma, Marrum, gem. Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Gertrudis Snel, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Catharina Puppinghuizen, Zyfflich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1834)
• Antoine Goguet-dit-Sansoucy
• Anne Gertrude Snel, Maastricht Wyck († 1860)
• Antoine Goyette
• Annigje den Besten, Arkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1837)
• Abel Beenes, Marrum
• allegonda mulders, arcen en velden († 1840)

• Ariaantje Jans Westdijk (58)
• Geertruij de Noo, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maria Catharina (2), Engter (Duitsland)
• Fridericus Junior von Schorlemer (1), Wien, Niederösterreich, Austria
• Cornelia Langerwerf (38)
• Jan de Haas (74), Gouda
• Johann Christian Fischer (68), Goldau, Kreis Rosenberg, Westpreußen
• Geertje Boer
• Arent Teunisse Dorland (68), Oud-Loosdrecht
• Everdina Smeink (13), Hummelo

• 1710 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general († 1795)
• 1723 » Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher († 1806)
• 1758 » Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician († 1802)
• 1770 » David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer († 1857)
• 1777 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist († 1855)
• 1803 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia († 1879)
• 1829 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic († 1884)
• 1857 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist († 1940)
• 1857 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist († 1920)
• 1865 » Max Nettlau, German historian and academic († 1944)

• 1696 » Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
• 1712 » Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
• 1736 » Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
• 1758 » François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1792 » John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
• 1795 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
• 1806 » Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
• 1841 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
• 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)

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)
• 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.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

The temperature on April 30, 1774 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.