About the day » Thursday March 24, 1774Calender converter

• Apellonia van Gulik, Zevenbergen († 1779)
• Antje Van Der Laan, Oudega, Friesland, Netherlands († 1846)
• Anna Catharina WITTOECK, Ledegem, Belgique
• Anna Catharina Piessens, Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1847)
• Adriana Onderdijk, Baaraland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1827)
• Antonia van Dijk, Erp, NL
• Anna Maria Kennes, Reet, 2840, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antje Geerts Grade, Finsterwolde
• Christophorus Lodovicus Dalmölle, Opende († 1856)
• Ardiena Arnolda Bex, Nuenen († 1816)

• Dirkje Johannesd KRUITHOF (9), Mijnsheerenland
• Adrianus Antonius Fens (56), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelia Quirijnsdr. Cornel (79), Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus NEYT (3), Sint Kruis,8310,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Dirkje Johannesdr Kruithof (9), Mijnsheerenland, Gem. Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Henricus Boots (16), Bree
• Carolus Joannes Neyt (3), Sint-Kruis
• Charles WORTHINGTON (72), Worthingtons Dividend, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Anna Elisabeth Raeymaekers (0), Westmeerbeek, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Franciscus [Wijnandus] Wijnands (27), Oerle

• 1755 » Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1827)
• 1762 » Marcos Portugal, Portuguese organist and composer († 1830)
• 1775 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer († 1835)
• 1782 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian-Italian painter († 1836)
• 1796 » John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian businessman and politician († 1878)
• 1796 » Zulma Carraud, French author († 1889)
• 1803 » Egerton Ryerson, Canadian minister, educator, and politician († 1882)
• 1808 » Maria Malibran, Spanish-French soprano († 1836)
• 1809 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic († 1882)
• 1809 » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author († 1837)

• 1684 » Elizabeth Ridgeway, English woman convicted of poisoning her husband
• 1684 » Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (b. 1629)
• 1773 » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1694)
• 1776 » John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (b. 1693)
• 1824 » Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, French lawyer (b. 1753)
• 1838 » Abraham Hume, English floriculturist and Tory politician (b. 1748/49)
• 1869 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (b. 1779)
• 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)

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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 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.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.

The temperature on March 24, 1774 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.