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• Anna Catherin Rosine Whilhelmine Charlotte Knake
• Antoine MOREAU, Descartes, 37160, France († 1842)
• Anna Elisabeth Ceunen, Beringen (Belgie) († 1835)
• Arent Huussen, Delft († 1774)
• Anna Catharina van Weert, Den Haag, Gemeente ·Äôs-Gravenhage, South Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Fransisci van Schijndel, Lith († 1822)
• Annigje Lula, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Visser, Ridderkerk
• Anje Jacobs, Garmerwolde,, Groningen, Nederland († 1818)
• Cornelis van den Berg, Streefkerk († 1774)

• Charles Guislain Luttun (82), Illies, 59480, Nord, FRANCE
• Jacoba Roderkerk (54)
• Arend Koops (1), Onnen, Haren,, Groningen, Nederland
• James Reynolds (56), Wonston, Hampshire, England
• Bonne Rose DELESTRAIN (12), Amougies, Belgique
• Cornelia van Rossum (0), Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Jonathan Woodbury (91), Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Francisca de Groot (1), Reek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hartman Sjoerds (0), Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Visser (6), Ridderkerk

• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)
• 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

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)
• 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.
• 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 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

The temperature on January 16, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: mist omtrent helder.