About the day » Monday March 14, 1774Calender converter

• Bartholomeus Engelen, Linne, Nederland
• Aartje Kramer, Colijnsplaat (Zeeland) († 1833)
• Derk Jacobs Keizer, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1820)
• Cornelis Aardenburg, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Nederland († 1844)
• Aaltje Hemmes van Tiddens, Noordbroek († 1823)
• Barbara van KESSEL, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1797)
• Constantia De Clerck, Denderhoutem († 1857)
• Cornelis Jans Majoor, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1848)
• Crelis Janze Majoor, Laren N.H. († 1849)
• Cornelis Janszen MAJOOR, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1849)

• Jan Jansz Drikwaart (74), Alblasserdam
• Hendrik Sandkuijl, Urecht
• Daniel Rossouw (66), Cape Town, South Africa
• Jan Henrix Zwakenberg, Heerde, Gld, The Netherlands
• John Williams (67), Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Elizabeth Spratt Glen, Lincoln, North Carolina
• Hemke (75), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Izaak de Baas (54), Den Haag
• Gijsbert Jansz Timmer (89)
• Catharina Verstraelen (4), Haelen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1790 » Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver († 1863)
• 1800 » James Bogardus, American inventor and architect († 1874)
• 1801 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet († 1822)
• 1804 » Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer and conductor († 1849)
• 1813 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist († 1892)
• 1820 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy († 1878)
• 1822 » Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies († 1889)
• 1823 » Théodore de Banville, French poet and critic († 1891)
• 1833 » Frederic Shields, English painter and illustrator († 1911)
• 1833 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist and educator († 1910)

• 1696 » Jean Domat, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1625)
• 1748 » George Wade, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1673)
• 1757 » John Byng, British admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1704)
• 1791 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
• 1811 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 » Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1739)
• 1860 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)

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 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.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on March 14, 1774 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.