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• Aart Florens Wijngaards, Apeldoorn († 1809)
• Arnoldus Rijken, Doddendaal en Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Botje Jansd. BUS, Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1835)
• Arien Jansz Heeman, Noord Scharwoude († 1859)
• Andries Nagtegael, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1809)
• Anna van der Zwet, in 't Hasevelt
• Catharina Maria Remtsd Coerkamp, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Nederland († 1824)
• Anna Noij, Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Georg Voss, Mettingen, Westfalen, Pruissen († 1852)
• Catharina Maria Remts Coerkamp, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands († 1824)

• Gleijn Janse van Ruijven (76), Poeldijk
• Joseph Heacock (51), Marple, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Dirck Velde van de (1), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ariaantje kranenburg, sint anthoniepolder (zuid holland)
• Angelina Cornelis Boorts (0), Hapert
• Arjaantje Dirks Craanendonk (44), Sint Anthonie polder, Nederland
• Arjaantje Dirks Cranendonck (73), Sint Anthoniepolder
• Jacob Willemse Polderdijk (81), Borssele
• Isabella Theresia Leysen (69), Herentals
• Elizabet Willemsd VERHOEVEN (2), Barendrecht

• 1748 » Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist († 1810)
• 1748 » William Shield, English violinist and composer († 1829)
• 1750 » Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic († 1805)
• 1751 » Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator († 1829)
• 1774 » Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer († 1842)
• 1779 » Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician († 1865)
• 1785 » Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal († 1841)
• 1794 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer († 1872)
• 1794 » Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist († 1870)
• 1800 » Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher († 1875)

• 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
• 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
• 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
• 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
• 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
• 1827 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
• 1827 » Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1829 » John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
• 1849 » David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)

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.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on March 5, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.