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• Akke Ruurds Span
• Ate Thomas, Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
• Christina Romvil(le), Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1814)
• Aleida Aleidis Reinders, Oud-Zevenaar († 1852)
• Bernardus Thomas, Temse († 1845)
• Antoine Goyette, Verchères, Quebec, Canada († 1855)
• Aaltje, Ermelo († 1779)
• Anna Theresia Swaels, Vladslo,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1859)
• Ate Thomas Wiersma († 1833)
• Adrianus Snijders, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Hendrik PRINSSE (51), Dordrecht
• Elisabet Huijbert Gerrit Deckers, Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Appolonia Maartens Soos (85), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Arien Jonasz de Grond (47), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Helena van der Voort, Boxtel,Gemeente Boxtel,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Arnoldus Stassen (60), Houthalen (Houthalen-Helchteren), Limburg (B)
• Augustinus Jan van Heukelom (61), Tilburg
• Augustinus Jan van HEUKELOM , (van HUKELOM) (61), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth BEX (37), Jeuk (B)
• Gerardus Caudron (47), Moorsel, Belgium

• 1723 » John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic († 1794)
• 1725 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1783)
• 1748 » Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor († 1798)
• 1788 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1850)
• 1795 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist († 1871)
• 1804 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer († 1877)
• 1808 » Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet († 1885)
• 1810 » Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer († 1880)
• 1827 » Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician († 1889)
• 1837 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers († 1899)

• 1705 » Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
• 1751 » Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1754 » Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
• 1766 » Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 » Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
• 1790 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)

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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 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.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on February 5, 1774 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken omtrent helder.