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• Christiaan Wilhelmus Kitz, Amsterdam
• Albert willemsz (adelbertus) Bien, Emmeloord († 1840)
• Anna Maria van Kessel, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Cornelis Hendriks LANGEVELD, Wassenaar († 1829)
• Cornelia Nelemans, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Cornelis Groot, Wormerveer († 1847)
• Aaltje Jansen (van der Horst), Barneveld
• Aeltje van Diejen, Deil
• Anna Maria Voet, Waarloos
• Adrianus van der Krabben, Orthen († 1848)

• Aldert Jansz Pol
• Aldert Jansz (Pol)
• Adam Petersz WAGEMAKERS (71), Terheijden,Gemeente Made en Drimmelen,NOORD-BRABANT,NEDERLAND
• Jacques Lobé (71), Wormhout, Nord Pas de Calais (F)
• Christina Vroemans - Vromans, Winksele
• Francois Antoine CRULS (43), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• JACQUES - JOSEPH FOURNIER (42), Valenciennes, 59300
• Jacob Wilhelm, Terneuzen
• Jacques BAUDINOT, ( Blanzay, 86400, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
• Clara Willemina van Gulick (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1747 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer († 1804)
• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)
• 1802 » Miguel I of Portugal († 1866)

• 1686 » John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1623)
• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)

• 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)
• 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 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• 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 October 26, 1774 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen.