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• Abraham Neeleman, Haastrecht
• le Clercq, Inchy (F) († 1774)
• Anna Adelheid LOHLE, Leschede,Emsbüren
• Adrianus Romeijnders, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Peters, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan, Bellingeweer
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Obermeyer († 1847)
• josina Vasd Lagendijk, Charlios († 1853)
• adriaantje mojaart, middelharnis (goeree overflakkee) († 1812)
• Anna Catharina Degens, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland

• Daniel Adams (86), Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
• Arnoldus_Godefriduszn. VAN HOOF (2)
• Jan Valkenburg (0)
• Livinus van Rije (0), Sint-Laureins, België
• Johann Jacob Völcker (59), Neuwied,,Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany
• Blaas Adriaanse Grootjans (33), Arnemuiden (32jr, nalatende zijn vrouw Adriana Egtberts)
• Arij Coppelaar (28)
• Catharina Elisabeth Bergmans (51), Millen
• (0), Blankenberge
• Jacob Hand, Alkmaar

• 1725 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan († 1789)
• 1737 » Rama I, Thai king († 1809)
• 1771 » Heinrich Clauren, German author († 1854)
• 1796 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician († 1862)
• 1799 » Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author († 1839)
• 1800 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica († 1845)
• 1805 » Thomas Cooper, British poet († 1892)
• 1811 » George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri († 1879)
• 1811 » Napoleon II, French emperor († 1832)
• 1821 » Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher († 1886)

• 1688 » Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)
• 1730 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• 1746 » Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)
• 1780 » Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)
• 1793 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)
• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)

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. 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)
• 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.
• 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 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 20, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: mist. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.