About the day » Wednesday April 13, 1774Calender converter

• AnnEtje Jans MerSelis, Albany/NY
• Catharina Elisabeth Johannes Hazekamp, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1852)
• Aagje Claesdr. Verdel, Oegstgeest († 1824)
• Anna Maria Thevelein, Esen († 1815)
• Berendjen Lievestro, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustinus De Geyter, Beerlegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Antje Pieters Jans, Oostrum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Geertrudis Geertruij de Beer, Enschot († 1828)
• Catharina Judoca Verhaegen, Waasmunster,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1820)
• Amélie De Croy-Havrech, Paris 75 F († 1847)

• Henricus Sannen (93), Mol, 2400, België
• Hendrina Verhoeven (79), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Felix Augustin Follet (20), Haisnes
• Elisabetha Nicolaus (Deine Peeters) Deenen (76), Bergeijk (NL)
• Jacques MARTIN (76), Commanna 29237 Finistere Bretagne France
• Joanna Hendrici van Neerven (37), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Berendjen Lievestro, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Meesters (55), Nispen
• Joanna Roelofs, Loo
• Grietje Cornelisdr. van der Kraan, Wassenaar aangifte

• 1743 » Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1747 » Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1793)
• 1764 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1830)
• 1769 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator († 1830)
• 1771 » Richard Trevithick, Cornish-English engineer and explorer († 1833)
• 1780 » Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse († 1868)
• 1784 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal († 1877)
• 1787 » John Robertson, American lawyer and politician († 1873)
• 1794 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic († 1867)
• 1802 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and herpetologist († 1884)

• 1695 » Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)
• 1716 » Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
• 1722 » Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
• 1793 » Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1794 » Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741)
• 1826 » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)
• 1853 » James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
• 1853 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1855 » Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)

• 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 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on April 13, 1774 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.