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• "Jannetje" Cornelisdr Dekkers, De Waal (Texel) († 1851)
• Anna Lucia GROBBEN, Balen
• Antoni van RIEMSDIJK, Hardenberg († 1840)
• Antonius Angelino, indoornik († 1856)
• "Maria Anna" Rupertina Friederika Augusta Josepha Crescentia von Seinsheim († 1848)
• Andreas van der Ouderaa, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Amélie Françoise SPRIET, Wattrelos,59650,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1828)
• Aaldert Stubbe, Enkhuizen († 1774)
• Antje Brouwer, Wieringerwaard
• Andries Andreas van der Ouderaa, Roosendaal († 1837)

• Jannetje Cornelisd Van LIER (3)
• Elisabeth davidsdr. Bijl, 's-Gravendeel, Republiek der Verenigde Provincies
• Hendrikje Gijsberts Veenhuisen, Beekbergen
• Geertje Kant (0), Rijswijk, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Henders Kobes (57), Winterswijk
• Cornelis Cornelisz Van BRUGGE (3)
• Anna Maria STOFFELS (0), Minderhout, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Jan Jacobs Trip (0), Gieten, Drenthe, NL
• Anne DE LA COUR (67), Gausson, 22060, Côtes d'Armor, Bretagne, France
• Jeremias Riesz (49), Mörfelden (Hessen)

• 1755 » Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Polish noble, politician and writer († 1821)
• 1761 » Pope Pius VIII († 1830)
• 1776 » Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Austrian violinist († 1830)
• 1781 » Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian illustrator and engraver († 1835)
• 1781 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist († 1854)
• 1782 » Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter († 1861)
• 1783 » Georgios Sinas, Greek entrepreneur and banker († 1856)
• 1784 » Marianne von Willemer, Austrian actress and dancer († 1860)
• 1787 » Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, German firearms inventor and manufacturer († 1867)
• 1788 » Félix Varela, Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest († 1853)

• 1695 » Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)
• 1704 » Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)
• 1737 » Caroline of Ansbach, queen of England and Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1742 » Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
• 1758 » Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)
• 1764 » Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
• 1773 » Charles Jennens, English landowner and patron of the arts
• 1778 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
• 1824 » Carl Axel Arrhenius, Swedish chemist (b. 1757)
• 1856 » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)

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 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.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on November 20, 1774 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken.