About the day » Monday June 20, 1774Calender converter

• Cornelis Hogeweg, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1847)
• Aaltjen Willemsen Esterholt, Almen (Gorssel)
• Anna Catharina de By († 1854)
• Albert Frens Kloeze, Ruinen
• Adrianus Franciscus Robben, Berkel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Christianus van Heumen, Driel († 1827)
• Anton van Zandwijk, Zoelen {GE} († 1824)
• Antje Hindriks, Wymeer, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1820)
• Albert Frens Kloeze, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Picavet, Lamswaarde († 1798)

• Ary Franke van der HOUT (42), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus van Hassel (1), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Belijken Klaesse Peperkamp (78), Tricht (gemeente Buurmalsen)
• Francis LAMB (85)
• Jacob Evertsz Kant (71), Spanbroek (Zandwerven)
• Cornelis de Jong (2), Reeuwijk
• Arent Huussen (0), Delft
• Bastiaan Fransz Beversluijs (73), Made en Drimmelen
• Bastiaan Beversluis (73), Made, Nederland
• Jonathan Horton (79), Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America

• 1754 » Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, princess of Baden († 1832)
• 1756 » Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator († 1792)
• 1761 » Jacob Hübner, German entomologist and author († 1826)
• 1763 » Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader († 1798)
• 1770 » Moses Waddel, American minister and academic († 1840)
• 1771 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War († 1848)
• 1771 » Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright († 1820)
• 1777 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop († 1840)
• 1778 » Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician, 7th Prime Minister of France († 1832)
• 1786 » Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet and author († 1859)

• 1776 » Benjamin Huntsman, English businessman (b. 1704)
• 1787 » Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (b. 1723)
• 1800 » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
• 1810 » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
• 1815 » Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
• 1820 » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian general, economist, and politician (b. 1770)
• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)

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.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 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 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

The temperature on June 20, 1774 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen weerlicht donder.