About the day » Tuesday November 8, 1774Calender converter

• Baukje Harmens de Boer, Franeker († 1820)
• Eimbert Wolters Kamphuis, Oene
• Foekje Klases Faber, Finkum/Hijum († 1836)
• désirée jh. CHARLIER, Vieux Condé (F-59)
• Adamus Adolphus Peusens, Schinnen († 1858)
• Elizabeth *Betsey Huntington, Norwich, New London, Connecticut († 1812)
• Arij Visser, Sliedrecht († 1820)
• Adam Adolf PEUSENS, Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland († 1858)
• Conrad Delp Sager
• Anna Katriena van Brenk, Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1829)

• Catherine Josephe ( Hostens ) Hoste (0), Brugge
• Elizabeth Kirk (78), Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Johann Conrad Reij (42), Reelkirchen, Lippe, Duitsland
• Catharina Baerten (67), Rijkhoven
• Tjalling Thijssens (Tijssen) (79), Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Claasje Claesdr van Arckel (33), Vreeswijk (gem. Nieuwegein)
• Petronella de MOOR (0), Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Barbara Suvée (23), Brugge West Vlaanderen Belgie
• Catharina Baerten (67), Rijkhoven-Bilzen
• Marie Celestine Joseph Delahaij (0), Inchy (F)

• 1715 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern († 1797)
• 1723 » John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1786)
• 1725 » Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer († 1805)
• 1738 » Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Finnish poet († 1776)
• 1763 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author († 1832)
• 1768 » Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General († 1834)
• 1788 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator († 1853)
• 1831 » Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India († 1880)
• 1836 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company († 1911)

• 1658 » Witte de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)
• 1674 » John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
• 1719 » Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
• 1773 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

The temperature on November 8, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.