About the day » Sunday March 6, 1774Calender converter

• Aleida Berkelaer, Doesburg († 1847)
• Aafke Gabriels Jelsema, Westernieland, De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Janse Toet, Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1853)
• adriana cornelia potters, wouw († 1845)
• Adriana Janse Toet, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1853)
• Adriana Jans Toet, Scheveningen († 1853)
• Aaltje Bartels Buijtenhuijs, Apeldoorn
• Aafke Gabriels Jelsema, Westernieland, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Albartus Kolthof, Vriezenveen
• , AMERONGEN (Utrechtse Heuvelrug), Utrecht, Nederland

• Arend Garms Draijer (65), Hellum, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Jean Léonard BOUTET (0), LORCE (Lorcé), Liège, Belgique
• Arend Garmts (Drayer) (Draijer) (65), Hellum
• Hanna Jansen van Veenendaal (6), Amerongen
• David Kleijnswager (60), Hulst
• Aaltjen van der Snel (0), Wijhe
• Jacobus de Bije (76), Oirsbeek (Beekdaelen), Limburg, Nederland
• Berend Hendrik Gerritsen (1), Thesingveld
• Jan Claasz De HEUS (5)
• Elisabeth PERSYN (67)

• 1761 » Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat († 1828)
• 1779 » Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general († 1869)
• 1780 » Lucy Barnes, American writer († 1809)
• 1785 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor († 1857)
• 1787 » Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer († 1826)
• 1806 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator († 1861)
• 1812 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company († 1895)
• 1817 » Princess Clémentine of Orléans († 1907)
• 1818 » William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts († 1905)
• 1823 » Charles I of Württemberg († 1891)

• 1754 » Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
• 1758 » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
• 1764 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
• 1796 » Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)

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)
• 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.
• 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 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

The temperature on March 6, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.