About the day » Saturday March 12, 1774Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Rademaeckers, Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Charles Maximilien marquis de Trazegnies, Ittre (Belgique) († 1858)
• Berent Scheltes van Gennip, Hellum, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• anne PAIN, st.pierre d'oléron (17)
• Digmannus de Jong, Etten, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Weerelt, Rotterdam,- († 1849)
• Adrianus Slootmans, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• augustine RIGLAIRE, Genly (Belgium) Hainaut († 1801)
• Cornelius Wouter Peters, Zeeland (N.Br.)
• David Brumbach, Luray, Page, Virginia, United States († 1824)

• Helena Hake (0), Delft
• Catharina SEGERS (61), Nattenhaasdonk,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Isaak Visser (52), Heerjansdam
• Henricus Wijckmans (46), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Hendrik CANTZLAAR (69), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Wils (79), Beerse (2340, Antwerpen)
• Hillegundis Westerlaken, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Capt. Jacobus James Roosevelt Jr. (49), Red Hook, Dutchess, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Zeelander (25), Batavia (Jakarta), Java Indonesië
• Antonio de Moraes Machado (44), Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1735 » François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat († 1821)
• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)
• 1815 » Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician († 1896)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

• 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.
• 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 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on March 12, 1774 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: sneeuw geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.