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• Anna Maria Absil Absil, Maastricht (NL)
• Anna Catharina Eyckmans, Rumst, 2840, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1808)
• Adriana Plasmans, Halsteren
• Arnoldus ter Punt, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 1840)
• Anna Maria Strite
• Anna Catharina Bogaerts, Lille
• Antje Anes' Bakker, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Antonius Henricus BOEREN, Ulicoten, Baarle-Nassau, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 1823)
• Antonetta Timmermans, Hilvarenbeek, Gemeente Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1774)
• Antje Bakker, Terschelling († 1837)

• Anna Poppe (54), Waasmunster
• Joanna Theresia Manhove (66), Moorsele, West Vlaanderen, België
• Bartje Velthuijsen (3), Leiden
• Antoinette CAVREL (CAVRELLE) (65), Chuignes,80340,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Claude BESSE (65), Aubinges, 18220, France
• Krijn de Wit (2)
• Claude Etienne SOUVAY (76), Ferdrupt, 88
• Jean, Philippe De Walsche, Brussel (Bruxelles), 1000, Brabant
• Maria Gebel (0), Amsterdam
• Marija Troost (8)

• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)

• 1672 » John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)

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 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.
• 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.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on January 15, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: mottig geheel betrokken.