About the day » Saturday October 1, 1774Calender converter

• Abraham Warrens, Boschkapelle
• Anna Smeets, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1808)
• Albert Kornelis VEENSTRA, Heerenveen († 1827)
• Agnes Dörkes, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen (DLD) († 1811)
• Bartholomeus van Schaick, Schipluiden
• Bartholomeus (Bart) SCHAICK,VAN, Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Anna Joos, Ursel,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje van Dam, Huisduinen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1830)
• Bartholomeus van Schaijck, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Smeets, Stein,, Limburg, Nederland († 1808)

• Jacoba Jacobsdr van Altena (80), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Wehn (82), Biedenkopf, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
• Huijbert Steventse Boskoljon (81), Tricht, Gelderland, Nederland
• Huijbert Boscaljon (81), Tricht
• Anna Roose (87)
• Huybert Jans Boscoljon (81), Tricht, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Hendricks Hummen (103), Coldenhove, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacques DELBECQUE, Nieppe,59850,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Elisabeth Theresia Ketelaars (56), Goirle
• Jakobje Jans Klompemaker (2), Oosterwolde, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1719 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian († 1781)
• 1724 » Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer († 1808)
• 1729 » Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer († 1777)
• 1730 » Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1781)
• 1760 » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician († 1844)
• 1762 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist († 1813)
• 1771 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer († 1842)
• 1791 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author († 1859)
• 1808 » Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee († 1873)
• 1832 » Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States († 1892)

• 1684 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 » John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 » William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

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.
• 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.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on October 1, 1774 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.