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• Akke Sybes Visser, Paesens, Friesland, Nederland († 1830)
• Cornelis Weel, Oosterblokker († 1847)
• Albertus Schuurman (Scheurman), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansz Weel, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Egbert Boeles Boelens, Smallingerland Friesland Opeinde († 1828)
• Cornelis Janse Dekker, 's-Heer Arendskerke Zld († 1857)
• Cornelis Dekker, 's-Heer Arendskerke, ZL, NL († 1857)
• Anne Margarethe Ilsabein Unterbrink, Hiddenhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Adrianus Franciscus Moris, Schriek, Heist-op-Den-Berg, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Catharina Mous, Kalmthout († 1840)

• Albert Tiemens Meester (56), Giethoorn
• Franciscus De Cock, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Albert Timens Meister (56), Giethoorn, Nederland
• Harmen Slagman (48), Laren
• Cornelia { Neeltje} van Geest (47), Naaldwijk (Zh District VIII) Nl
• Albert Tiemensz Tijmens Meister (56), Giethoorn
• Charlotte Steube (59), Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Korthof, Oudewater
• Albert Tijmens MEESTER (56), Giethoorn,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Georgius De Smet (59), Mariakerke

• 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
• 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
• 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
• 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)

• 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
• 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
• 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
• 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
• 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)

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. Antje
13. Aaltje
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)
• March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 15, 1774 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.