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• Christina Eleonora Zwitzer, Bergen op Zoom, NB, Nederland
• Cornelius Cruijsen, Tilburg
• Digna van den Bogert, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Sikkes Bangma, Wons, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1778)
• Bern(h)ard Berend Krebbers, ottersum/Gennep, Limburg, Nederland († 1824)
• Bitter CONINCK WESTENBERG, Deventer († 1776)
• Aerjen Haars, Twisk,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius (Cornelis) Kruijssen (Kruijzen, Cruijsen, Cruijssen), Tilburg
• Christian Detweiler G12 Gingrich († 1847)
• Cornelis KRUIJSSEN, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1838)

• Maria Anna "genovia" Allemeersch (41), Zedelgem
• Hermanus VAN KLEEF (40)
• Jean Charles Joseph de Merode (54)
• Anthony Aartse Ariense (87), 's-Grevelduin-Capelle
• Petrus Saeys (66), Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Margaretha Roux b2c7 (39)
• Johann Karl Joseph (54), unbekannt
• Theodorus van den Acker (35), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Charles Joseph van Merode (54)
• Johann Karl Joseph von MERODE-MONTFORT (54)

• 1734 » Naungdawgyi, Burmese king († 1763)
• 1737 » Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic († 1773)
• 1740 » Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer († 1802)
• 1744 » Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour († 1754)
• 1755 » Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire († 1773)
• 1782 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico († 1831)
• 1805 » Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic († 1875)
• 1809 » John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer († 1851)
• 1810 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy († 1861)
• 1814 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé († 1890)

• 1660 » Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (b. 1649)
• 1723 » Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1656)
• 1759 » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1784 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (b. 1713)
• 1796 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (b. 1759)
• 1802 » Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
• 1806 » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1737)
• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)

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)
• 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.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• 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 August 10, 1774 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.