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• Albert Geerts Hoving, Anloo († 1851)
• Aleida Schoemaker, Terborg († 1845)
• Aartje Cornelisse van Ginkel, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Eugenius- Albertus Denys, Geluwe
• Elisabeth SCHOEMAKER, Westendorp (Oude IJsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland († 1853)
• Agnes Vonk, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Cornelisd De QUARTEL, Westmaas († 1859)
• Ariaantje de Soomer, Hoek
• Antje Bouwes van der Meulen, Oudega,, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Elisabeth Schoemaker, Terborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1853)

• lena deurloo, poortvliet (zeeland)
• Johann Wilhelm Rapp (66), Gomaringen, Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Catharina WOUTERS (46)
• Hieronimus Jacobus Vandursen (0), Opglabbeek, Limburg, Belgium
• János Forgách (52), Budapest
• Johannes Wouters Schoof (49), Delfshaven
• Jan Brandszn van Bruxvoort (16), Bennekom
• Jan Brandsz van Bruxvoort (15), Bennekom
• Joannes Jacobus Jans(S)en (0), Arcen
• Elisabeth van der Plas, Noordwijk

• 1709 » Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist († 1779)
• 1720 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician († 1796)
• 1754 » Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist († 1816)
• 1758 » Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter († 1828)
• 1779 » Louis de Freycinet, French navigator and explorer († 1842)
• 1790 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician († 1838)
• 1807 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author († 1892)
• 1814 » Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge († 1902)
• 1822 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer († 1894)
• 1839 » Nelson A. Miles, American general († 1925)

• 1684 » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

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. Aaltje
13. Antje
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)
• 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.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 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.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on August 8, 1774 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.