About the day » Sunday February 6, 1774Calender converter

• Aaltje Everts, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1857)
• Aaltje Meijer, Ankeveen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiegers Ruiter, Blokzijl, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Eikhout, 's Graveland († 1860)
• Adriana Jans van Driel, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1828)
• Aaltje Meijer, Ankeveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
• Aagje van Tol, Oude Wetering
• Adriana van Wijk, Leiden († 1859)
• Aeltjen Hendriks Onstenk, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Luttekes, Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1779)

• Dorothea Sophia Wilhelmina van Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim (76), Bergheim, Oberösterreich
• Hiltje Jans DIEMERS (0)
• Elisabeth De Bondt (75)
• Guillelmus De ketelaere (76), Zedelgem, België
• Elisabeth De Bont (75), Merchtem, België
• Hendrik Willemsz van Barneveld (8), Amerongen
• Adrianus Stoffelsz KEIJSER (16)
• Beene Klazes Jetten (0), Giethoorn
• Dorothea Van Solms Assenheim (76)
• Arie Hendrikszn van der Moere Moeren (64), Heemskerk, Nederland

• 1753 » Évariste de Parny, French poet and author († 1814)
• 1756 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States († 1836)
• 1758 » Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician († 1841)
• 1769 » Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general († 1862)
• 1772 » George Murray, Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies († 1830)
• 1778 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet († 1827)
• 1781 » John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia († 1844)
• 1796 » John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist († 1861)
• 1797 » Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia († 1853)
• 1799 » Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist († 1870)

• 1685 » Charles II of England (b. 1630)
• 1695 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
• 1775 » William Dowdeswell, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1721)
• 1783 » Capability Brown, English gardener and architect (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian-French playwright (b. 1707)
• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)

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. Antje
13. Aaltje
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.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• 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.

The temperature on February 6, 1774 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder geheel betrokken.