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• Bart Hermsen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1774)
• Barend Jacobus Johannes Burger († 1845)
• Catharina Cecilia Ampe, Handzame,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1825)
• Allegonda Willems Gielis Ceelen, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Goosens, Hamont (België) († 1820)
• Charles Vandenbroucke, Klerken
• Clazijntje Assenberg, Oostvoorne, 3233, Nederland († 1827)
• Anthoni (Anthonie, Anthonij) (Pieterse) de Vos († 1820)
• Anna Maria Theresa NEVELS, Aken (Noordrijn-Westfalen) Duitsland († 1844)
• Anna Carolina Margaretha de Vries, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1818)

• Barbara Elias (1), Ruisbroek, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Cornelis Maes (90), Boom
• André, Joseph CORNEZ (52), Pâturages, 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Antje Ockers (59), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Cappiteijn (57), Sint Michielsgestel
• Antoine DOUART (56), Landéhen, 22400, France
• Antonius Capteijns (57), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Col Nicholas Hyland (65), Cecil, MD
• Antonius Capiteijn (57), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Andreas Henricus Hermans (3)

• 1725 » Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author († 1798)
• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)

• 1720 » Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)

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)
• 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 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on April 2, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp.