About the day » Sunday December 11, 1774Calender converter

• Aaltje de Krijger, Axel († 1842)
• Adrianus Franciscus De Bruyn, Olen, België († 1824)
• Abraham Goedegebuure, Sint Annaland, province of Zeeland († 1852)
• Agatha De Rijck, Aaigem, België
• Allegonda van Pinxteren, Gemonde, NL († 1852)
• Abraham Moerland, Stavenisse
• Adriana Cornelisse Albert Verheij, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1844)
• Adriana Verheij, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Adriana Cornelisdr Verheij († 1844)
• Aaltje de Krijger, Axel,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands

• Harmen Koop, Bloemendaal
• Hendrik Blanckenberg (28)
• Hermann Scheffel (54), Raumland, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Barbara Hermanni Baijens (0), Lith, Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Hermannis Baijens (0), Lith
• Anna Maria Lunskens (38), Munsterbilzen (BE)
• Christian Povelsen (50), Fodby, Øster Flakkebjerg, Sorø, Danmark
• Jacoba Constantia Verduijn (26), Hooglede (B)
• Gerrit Willems SCHOONROK (1)
• Christina (Stintje) Geurts van Ruitenbeek (24), Achterveld

• 1712 » Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic († 1764)
• 1725 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician († 1792)
• 1758 » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator († 1832)
• 1761 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist († 1835)
• 1781 » David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1868)
• 1801 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright († 1836)
• 1803 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic († 1869)
• 1810 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist († 1857)
• 1830 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii († 1872)
• 1837 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer († 1887)

• 1686 » Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)
• 1694 » Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)
• 1737 » John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)
• 1747 » Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)
• 1797 » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)

• 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)
• March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
• 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 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 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 December 11, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen.