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• Catharina Abrams Elkerbout, Leiden († 1857)
• Carolus Louisius ( Vannecke ) Vanhecke, Pervijze
• Anna Mechelina Aarns, Wyler († 1839)
• Berent Martens van der Goot, Wijckel, Gaasterland, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Andries Simpelaar, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1816)
• Beernt Martens van der Goot, Wijckel, Gaasterland
• Dirk Wisse, Wissenkerke († 1857)
• Cornelia Joannis van Os, Berlicum,Nbr.NL
• Adriaan Kloosterman, Heinkeszand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1829)
• Adriaan Janszn Kloosterman, Heinkenszand († 1829)

• Agathe Hoogwerff van Rozenburg (62), Delft, Z.H
• Gerardus Janssen (Claessen) (54), Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelis van Zwieten (0), Alphen
• Anna Christina Wendling [Süss (Sies)] (27), Pfalzdorf, Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Gerardus Janssen (alias Claessen) (54), Bree
• Anna Christina van Harscamp (54), Utrecht
• Anne Jeanne Dehullu (73), Santes (59211 Fr-Nord)
• Ariaentie van Asperen (0), Rotterdam
• Centje Pieters Rip (35), Moordrecht
• Arie van der Waal (19), Simonshaven

• 1730 » Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer († 1788)
• 1752 » Humphry Repton, English gardener and author († 1818)
• 1752 » Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies († 1807)
• 1774 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1862)
• 1775 » Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver († 1870)
• 1790 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile († 1876)
• 1810 » John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago († 1864)
• 1811 » Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago († 1903)
• 1814 » Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist († 1906)
• 1816 » Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet († 1855)

• 1699 » Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
• 1719 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
• 1720 » Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
• 1722 » Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (b. 1673)
• 1736 » Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
• 1740 » Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679)
• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)

• 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.
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• 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 April 21, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.