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• Anna Regnerus, Oudkerk († 1813)
• Antonie (Toon) Ariensz Schinkel, Jaarsveld († 1845)
• Catharina Meurs, Klimmen, Voerendaal
• Antonie Schinkel, Jaarsveld († 1845)
• Andreas Victor Asselberghs, Loenhout, Gemeente Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1853)
• Anna Regnerus (Rignerus), Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1813)
• Catherine Amelie Joseph Boidin, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE († 1790)
• Anna Maria van de Put, Tilburg († 1839)
• Anna Bariatinskaïa († 1825)
• Anna Rignerus, Oudkerk († 1813)

• Gerretje Tromp (45), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Maria Jacobus van Osch, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Hellu, Schoonhoven
• Cornelia Jacobs Evers (66), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes LAUWAGIE"LOUAGE"LEWAGE (63), LEDEGEM(BELGIQUE)
• heijltje helena janse van der made (43), fijnaart en heijningen (noord brabant)
• Nicaise Marsy (71), Richebourg, 62136, Pas de Calais, FRANCE
• Constance Alexandra Philippa van de Velde (75)
• Helena Janse van der Made (44), Fijnaart
• Joannes BOGAERT (56), Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE

• 1782 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States († 1862)
• 1784 » George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter († 1862)
• 1803 » Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat († 1873)
• 1820 » Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author († 1892)
• 1822 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College († 1907)
• 1829 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec († 1908)
• 1830 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and author († 1894)
• 1839 » George Armstrong Custer, American general († 1876)
• 1841 » Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman († 1900)
• 1849 » Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic († 1922)

• 1663 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
• 1749 » Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1770 » James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
• 1784 » Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
• 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)

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. Trijntje
9. Catharina
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)
• 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.
• 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 5, 1774 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken.