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Born on Sunday October 16, 1774
- Aart Reijersz Snoek, Stolwijk, zh.nld († 1841)
- Adam Pungs, Rhorfeld († 1827)
- Aerdje Hermsen van Huijssen, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1777)
- Aldegonde LUCAS, Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland († 1830)
- Anna Maria Koch, Ransbach-Baumbach (Dld)
- Aart, Harderwijk
- Adriana RIBBENS, Woensel
- Aart van der Heiden, MEERKERK (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland († 1851)
- Anna Theresia Baert, Oostrozebeke, Belgium
- Aaltjen Olbers, Dalfsen
Died on Sunday October 16, 1774
- Cornelia van Helmonts (70), Standdaarbuiten, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Jan Leenderts De PIJPER (40)
- Joannes Heymans (84), Malderen
- Johann Carl Philipp Wolfgang von Baumbach (38), Blankenburg
- Anna Brown (5), Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Barbé (65), Gooik, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Jacob Frans van Gallien de Préval (56), La Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, Haiti
- Cornelia Parr (76), Oudenbosch
- Jantje Veen (29), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Barthelemy FOURNAT (83), Annonay,07100,Ardèche,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
Born on October 16
- 1752 » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic († 1827)
- 1754 » Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York († 1844)
- 1758 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer († 1843)
- 1762 » Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy († 1816)
- 1789 » William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware († 1866)
- 1795 » William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author († 1876)
- 1802 » Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas († 1882)
- 1803 » Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer († 1859)
- 1804 » Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator († 1885)
- 1806 » William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1869)
Died on October 16
- 1730 » Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)
- 1750 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
- 1755 » Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
- 1774 » Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
- 1791 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
- 1793 » John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
- 1793 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
- 1796 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
- 1799 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)
- 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1774
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)
- January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
- 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.
- 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.
Weather October 16, 1774
The temperature on October 16, 1774 was about 14.0 °C. Weather type: geheel betrokken.