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• Anna van Gorp, Almkerk
• Divertje Gawese Bloetjes-, Assendelft, Nederland († 1851)
• Bernardus Ritbroek, Apeldoorn
• Archange Rivard, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1841)
• Divertje Gawesse Bloedjes, Assendelft RK statie († 1851)
• Dorothea Engelen, Mol, 2400, België († 1852)
• Divertje Gawes Bloedjes, Assendelft († 1851)
• Divera Bloedjes, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Eeke Johannes, Itens
• Aart Hendriksen Kamerman, Nunspeet († 1857)

• Cornelius Adrianus Verhaert (67), Klein Zundert
• Annechien Wolters (49), Gramsbergen
• Jan Boes (71), Vollenhove,Overijssel,Nederland
• Elisabeth SMETS, Reet,2840,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Jan Hendrikszoon BOES (71), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaan VERHAARD, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Johanna Gerardus JANSSEN (2), Middelaar, Mook, Limburg, Nederland
• Jan Boes (71), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Boudewijns Maria (77), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Louisa Sara Marissen (31), Groede,Gemeente Sluis,Zeeland,Netherlands

• 1720 » Charles Edward Stuart, Scottish claimant to the throne of England († 1788)
• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)

• 1679 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
• 1691 » Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1691 » Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)

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)
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 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.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• 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.

The temperature on December 31, 1774 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.