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• Antonius Thijsse van Kuppevelt, Reek
• Geertruida Dijk, Teich († 1827)
• Adrianus Schrooens, Heist-op-Den-Berg, 2220, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1831)
• Elizabeth Bryan, Rowan, North Carolina, United States († 1820)
• Anthonius van der Vaart, Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1815)
• David Parriere, Amsterdam, Noorderkerk († 1844)
• Cornelius Peek
• Antonius Huijsmans, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eliza Stone, Church of England, Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom († 1849)
• Dominicus Franciscus de Ketelaere, Sleidinge (B)

• Hendrik Christoph Vrijheer van Penckler (74), Wenen
• Henricus Josephus Mestdagh (0), Hooglede West Vlaanderen België
• Anna Maria Bluijsens, Duizel
• Cornelis Falendingh (54), Ter Aar
• Aagje van OCHTEN (51), Zwartsluis
• bastiaan GRAAUW (3), oud-beijerland
• Hendrik Cornelisz (Hendrick) Tuk (Tuck) (73), Sint-Maartensdijk, Nederland
• Heindrik Cornelisz Tuck (73), Sint Maartensdijk, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Todd **** (115), North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Gertrudis Reuten, Herten

• 1717 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher († 1793)
• 1720 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer († 1788)
• 1750 » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician († 1818)
• 1753 » James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician († 1816)
• 1758 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author († 1841)
• 1774 » Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance († 1845)
• 1793 » Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era († 1861)
• 1806 » Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator († 1887)
• 1807 » Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic poet, author and naturalist († 1845)
• 1811 » John Bright, English academic and politician († 1889)

• 1724 » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
• 1773 » John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (b. 1715)
• 1779 » Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (b. 1716)
• 1790 » Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 » Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1808 » Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1779)
• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)

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)
• 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 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on November 16, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.