About the day » Sunday December 18, 1774Calender converter

• Aaltje Groet, Warmenhuizen († 1813)
• Adriana Lommers, Udenhout, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1853)
• Adriaan Adriaanse de Roo, Dreischor, Schouwen-Duiveland,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1831)
• Adriaan de Roo, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland († 1831)
• Adriana Cornelia Hector, 's-Heer Hendrikskinderen († 1845)
• Anje Klaassen van Ikema, Kloosterburen († 1813)
• Anna Jans Bakker, Schildwolde, Slochteren
• Albert Speelman, Westerbork († 1824)
• Adriaan de Roo, Dreischor († 1831)
• Alida Jans van den Bosch, Haarlem

• Liisa V√§is√§t√§r Paavalintyt√§r (61), Kuhmo (Finland)
• Hermina Evers (41), Venray
• Genevieve Brisset (73), Somme-Leuze, Namur, Belgium
• Marguerite DUCELLIER (66), Maizicourt, 80503, Somme, Picardie, Frankrijk
• Gerrit CLAESSEN (1), Uithuizermeeden, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Jean RIOUALLON, Plounéour-Ménez, 29202, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Dingena Ariens de Klerk (4), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arent Smit (0)
• Adrianus De Bruyne (72), Merelbeke
• Johann Christian TAUTENHAHN (52), Schneeberg-Sachsen (D)

• 1707 » Charles Wesley, English missionary and composer († 1788)
• 1725 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian († 1791)
• 1734 » Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor and composer († 1810)
• 1800 » James Watney, English brewer and businessman († 1884)
• 1824 » John Hall, English-New Zealand politician, 12th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1907)
• 1825 » Charles Griffin, American general († 1876)
• 1825 » John S. Harris, American surveyor and politician († 1906)
• 1835 » Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author († 1922)
• 1847 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer († 1903)
• 1849 » Henrietta Edwards, Canadian activist and author († 1931)

• 1692 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
• 1737 » Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1787 » Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
• 1799 » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)

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)
• March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on December 18, 1774 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: dampig.