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• Antonius Taks, Princenhage († 1831)
• Angelina Herregudt, Westrem, Oost Vlaanderen, België
• Bauke de Boer, Makkum († 1829)
• Engel Albert Ooghe, Merckem
• "Gertrudis" Geertruida Geertruida, Schijndel († 1841)
• Franciscus Theeuws, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelia Meijaard († 1816)
• Bauke de Boer, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1829)
• Elizabeth VAN SCYVER, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1886)
• Bartha Roebers van Lohuizen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• Cornelia Huijgs de Jong (88), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Catharina Joosten van den Meulenhof (55), Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Declercq (40), Asper
• Cornelia Huijgsdr de Jong (88), Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia de Jong (88), Ridderkerk
• Agnes Wols, Jabeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Joost van der Meulenhof (55), Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Wolfs (70), Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Conradus Haenen (20), Velden,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Everts (61), Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1704 » John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1757)
• 1740 » James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author († 1795)
• 1808 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist († 1873)
• 1812 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright († 1907)
• 1815 » Dan Emmett, American composer († 1904)
• 1822 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal († 1902)
• 1831 » James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia († 1916)
• 1832 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint († 1869)
• 1837 » Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter († 1910)
• 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)

• 1650 » David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
• 1666 » Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
• 1666 » James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
• 1783 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
• 1804 » Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)

• 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 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on October 29, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.