About the day » Thursday January 6, 1774Calender converter

• Arie Heijkoop, Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland († 1853)
• Antje Steijn, Assendelft († 1840)
• Anna Christina NIEDDERER, Mittelschefflenz, Baden, Germany
• Antje Stijn Steijn, Assendelft († 1840)
• Anne Françoise GILOT, Grâce-Hollogne (Hollogne-aux-Pierres),4460,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antje Steijn, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1840)
• Antje Cornelisdr STEIJN († 1840)
• Andreas Friedrich Stahlberg, Uetz-Paaren,Posdam,Brandenburg,Bundesrepublick Deutschland († 1852)
• Arij Heijkoop, Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Creins, Guttecoven, LB, Nederland († 1777)

• Godefridus van der Eijcken (0), Obbicht
• Antonius van Genck (50), Princenhage, Nederland
• Cornelia DE GREEF (66), Gaasbeek, 23022, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Gertrudis Huberti (67), Beugen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Geerts (62), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Grietje Pleune Linden van der (63), Kijfhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Herms Muis, veessen
• Aart Dirkszn van Genderen (73), Nederhemert
• Godefridus van der Eicken (0), Obbicht en Papenhoven (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Grietje Pleunen Van Der LINDEN (68), Kijfhoek

• 1745 » Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon († 1799)
• 1766 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay († 1840)
• 1785 » Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist († 1860)
• 1793 » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War († 1862)
• 1795 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic († 1871)
• 1799 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author († 1831)
• 1803 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer († 1888)
• 1807 » Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1891)
• 1808 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist († 1864)
• 1811 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician († 1874)

• 1711 » Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
• 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
• 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
• 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
• 1813 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)

• 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.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• 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.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on January 6, 1774 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: sneeuw zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.