About the day » Thursday November 24, 1774Calender converter

• Aaltje Jans Huizinga, Suawoude, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine Joseph Caron, Bailleulval, 62..., France († 1861)
• Bartholomeus van Uijen, Delft († 1847)
• Antoine duleau, Rotterdam
• Anthoine Schreurs, Beegden, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia 's-Gravenmade, Den Haag († 1814)
• Ankje, Stiens, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Kuijpers, Schoonhoven, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Stalpaarts, Tilburg († 1831)
• Aaltje Jans Huizinga, Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Catherine LEMAIRE
• Adrianus Vanderputten (61), Viane
• Ambrosius Verhaeghe (76), Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aaltje Klaas Volkerts, Broek op Langedijk
• Claude THEVENON (78), Attignat-Oncin, Les Echelles, Savoie (Frankrijk)
• Claas Ram (49), Azië
• Dionisius Packbiers *Pagbeers (47)
• Aaltje Volkers (39), Broek op Langedijk
• *Laurentius (Lins) SCHOUTETEN (57), Lommelenberg te Hulsberg, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelius Vermolen, Hulten

• 1724 » Maria Amalia of Saxony († 1760)
• 1729 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian field marshal († 1800)
• 1745 » Maria Luisa of Spain († 1792)
• 1774 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, author, and educator († 1857)
• 1784 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States († 1850)
• 1801 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author and poet († 1860)
• 1806 » William Webb Ellis, English priest, created Rugby football († 1872)
• 1811 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1890)
• 1812 » Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer († 1848)
• 1826 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author († 1890)

• 1722 » Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623)
• 1741 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
• 1770 » Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1775 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
• 1781 » James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734)
• 1793 » Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)
• 1801 » Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
• 1801 » Philip Hamilton, Oldest son of Alexander Hamilton (b. 1782)
• 1807 » Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742)
• 1848 » William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)

• 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.
• 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 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on November 24, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: regen sneeuw.