About the day » Tuesday April 19, 1774Calender converter

• Anna Ludovica SCHOUTENS, Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1832)
• Eva Petronella Aerts, Swolgen († 1777)
• Gerrardus Schenaart, Rijnsaterwoude († 1857)
• Cornelia Theodora van der Hoeven († 1826)
• Adrianus Stephanus de Ridder, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annegien Willems SCHUTRUPS, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1844)
• Berent Heuzinkveld, Lichtenvoorde
• Cornelis Laurensz Obdam, Oegstgeest († 1849)
• Colete Baetens, Gottem
• Barbara Garver Newcomer, Beaver Creek, Washington County, MD

• Albert Pieters Peggeman (56), Hoogeveen
• Aelbert de Reus (48), Almkerk
• Parlan MCFARLANE (58), Duchway, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Andreas Georg Rust xx (64), Seulingen
• Grietje Harms Mulder, Zwartsluis
• Klaas Jans Mennink (50)
• Laurentius ALGOET (65), Egem,8740,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Judith Schimmelpenninck (81), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelius Van Eeghem (35), Beernem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Marie Anna Coenen, Wieze

• 1721 » Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician († 1793)
• 1734 » Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer († 1786)
• 1757 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician († 1833)
• 1758 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral († 1831)
• 1785 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer († 1858)
• 1787 » Deaf Smith, American soldier († 1837)
• 1793 » Ferdinand I of Austria († 1875)
• 1806 » Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer († 1889)
• 1814 » Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author († 1875)
• 1832 » José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)

• 1733 » Elizabeth Hamilton, countess of Orkney (b. 1657)
• 1739 » Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
• 1768 » Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697)
• 1776 » Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (b. 1697)
• 1791 » Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1813 » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
• 1824 » Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788)
• 1831 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765)
• 1833 » James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1756)
• 1840 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)

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)
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• 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.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on April 19, 1774 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: hagel regen.