About the day » Thursday October 6, 1774Calender converter

• Antonius Polleman, Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Doren, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Walraven, Biezelinge gem Kapelle Zld. Nederland († 1828)
• Annatje {Vroman} Scheffler († 1853)
• Aleida Elisabeth Kamphuis, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1844)
• Augustinus Janssen, Elsloo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arij I Jans Slagveld, Zandvoort,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1783)
• Arnoldus Smackers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1845)
• Arie van Nieuwenhuijzen, Steenbergen († 1829)
• Antje Symons Baarda, Schettens

• Catharina Goswinus BOUWMANS (3), Vortum-Mullem, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• annetje joppe ROBBE (74), ijsselmonde
• grietje aartsdr van der LINDEN (64), kijfhoek
• John Williamson Page (50), Mansfield Hall, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Brousson (53)
• Joanna Francisca De Wilde (0), Moerbeke
• Johanna Teunissen Brummelman (56), Almen (Gorssel)
• Elisabeth Francina Hallemans (24), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetje Joppe Armetie Robbe (74), IJsselmonde
• Elisabeth Stenger (24), Hemschlar, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1732 » John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons († 1812)
• 1738 » Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria († 1789)
• 1742 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright († 1755)
• 1744 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University († 1813)
• 1767 » Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king († 1820)
• 1769 » Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada († 1812)
• 1773 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic († 1835)
• 1773 » Louis Philippe I of France († 1850)
• 1801 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician († 1888)
• 1803 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist († 1879)

• 1660 » Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610)
• 1661 » Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
• 1762 » Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)

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. Antje
13. Aaltje
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)
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• 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 6, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.