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• Agnes Jansen, Niederlangen-Kleine Horst († 1836)
• Anna Margaretha Schaffner, Dornheim († 1811)
• Elisha Capron, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1863)
• Ariaantje van der Swan, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Huibert van Loon, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
• Adrianus-Judocus De Wolf, Moorsel († 1832)
• Adreanus, Judocus De Wolf, Moorsel († 1832)
• Dudley Palmer, Stonington, New London County, CT († 1852)
• Catharina Teunissen, Groessen, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland († 1855)
• Christian Wirt

• Pieter Dees (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Marguerite MULLER (10), Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Frans Hendrik Diepenbroek (66), Utrecht
• Hendrik Zuidendorp (67), Baak
• Etienne SERREAU (44), Reugny, 37380, France
• David Peabody (49), Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Margarita van BEECK (35), Woensel, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes LANG (0), Uhrwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Barbara Van Dam (49), Zemst, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Marie DOUILLE (DOUILLEY) (80), St-Julien-du-Terroux,53230,Mayenne,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE

• 1686 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator († 1768)
• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)
• 1840 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist († 1922)
• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)
• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)

• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on August 17, 1774 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.