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• Adrianus Leonardus HOENDERVANGERS, Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Benedictus Everaert, Hofstade (België) († 1861)
• Anna Catharina Saeys, Moorsel († 1828)
• Christina (Kristina) Goossens van Essen, Barneveld († 1854)
• Antonius Biemans, Hoeven
• Anne Joseph ANCIAUX, Velaine-sur-Sambre, 5060, Namur, Belgique
• Carel Herrebout, Axel
• Anna Mooren, Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherine Joseph Leruth, Huppaye († 1797)
• Barend Hendrik DUENK, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, De Heurne

• Gerardus Judocus Carolus de Kuttschrutter (51), Deventer
• Imre Janos BATTHYÁNY DE NÉMET-UJVÁR (67), Salaszentgrót
• Count Joseph of Starhemberg (50)
• Imre Ernö János Batthyány (67)
• Imre, Graf Batthyány de Német-Ujvár (67)
• Jan Adams Zijta (49)
• Adelheid SIEMERS (79)
• Geertruid Simonse Van Der Pol (61), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hubert Lauwers, Bovekerke
• Jacobus Brakman (53)

• 1722 » Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1770)
• 1724 » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator († 1805)
• 1757 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba († 1826)
• 1760 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general († 1829)
• 1792 » Sylvester Jordan, German lawyer and politician († 1861)
• 1819 » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania († 1873)
• 1819 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet († 1898)
• 1825 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician († 1891)
• 1842 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and painter († 1910)
• 1849 » John Milne, English seismologist and geologist († 1913)

• 1643 » Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566)
• 1644 » Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
• 1662 » Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1769 » Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)
• 1777 » Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1702)
• 1803 » Francis Lewis, Welsh-American merchant and politician (b. 1713)
• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)

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.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• 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.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on December 30, 1774 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.