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January 27, 1774 
January 25, 1774
Born on Wednesday January 26, 1774
- Aleitha Schotana Lemke, Wier, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)
- Aaltje Bartels van Hees, Poeldijk
- Aletheia (Schotanus A Sterringa) Lemke, Wier († 1835)
- Arie Gagastein, Schiedam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1827)
- abraham VERMAAS, oud-beijerland
- Anthonie Van Spanje, Rhenen
- aybert JOLY, Crespin (F-59) Hauts de France
- Andreas Ambros Carpentier, Woumen
- Catharina (Katharina) Hendriks Gaasbeek, Barneveld
- Amelie Joseph Nollet, Halluin, 59 (F) († 1801)
Died on Wednesday January 26, 1774
- Cornelia Looije, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hauben (28), Rijkhoven
- Apollonia Dionijsius Weeteringhs, Oosterhout
- ester poulis, tholen (zeeland)
- Anthonie Krijnen van Spanje, Rhenen
- Jacob Ariensz de Groot, Zoetermeer
- Anthonie Van Spanje (5)
- Catherine STROHMEYER, Burnhaupt-le-Bas, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
- Agie Gijsdr. Sonnevelt (64), Wassenaar aangifte
- Hermanus - Heijmen Toni Kuijpers, Gemert
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 26, 1774 at Delpher
Born on January 26
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
- 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
- 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
- 1763 » Charles XIV John of Sweden († 1844)
- 1781 » Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author († 1831)
- 1813 » Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet († 1876)
- 1824 » Emil Czyrniański, Polish chemist († 1888)
- 1832 » George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1924)
Died on January 26
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
- 1795 » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 » Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)
- 1823 » Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)
- 1824 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
- 1831 » Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)
- 1831 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)
- 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
Names that were popular for boys in 1774
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Joseph
- Jans
- Dirk
- Jean
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1774
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Jans
- Trijntje
- Elizabeth
- Van
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1774
- 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)
- March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
- 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.
- August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
The weather on Wednesday January 26, 1774
The temperature on January 26, 1774 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen sneeuw hagel zeer betrokken.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI