About the day » Thursday April 7, 1774Calender converter

• Anna Routen, Elsloo, Limburg, Nederland († 1838)
• Cornelis Soeteman, Charlois († 1775)
• Barend van Schaik, Bunnik († 1798)
• Bernardus Van de Kerckhove, Zingem († 1870)
• Abraham Johnson Custer († 1836)
• Bartholomeus Lambertus DUIF, Haps, 3636, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)
• Anna Rutten, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1838)
• Christina Marseille, Haarlem († 1778)
• Bartholomeus Duijf, Haps († 1839)
• Berend Mölderink, Hardinghausen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Hanover, Prussia, Germany († 1847)

• Heinrich Roth (62), Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Joppen Kooij van der (65), Delfshaven
• Albert Eugène ANNICOTTE (47), Douvrin,62276,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Cornelis Jansz Waijboer (57), Warmenhuizen
• Gerrit Hendriksz. van Vliet (78), Krommenie
• Helena (Lena) Andriessen van de Acker (44), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Claude-François (Le Mercier) VUILLET (38), Le Grand-Bornand, 74136, Haute Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Hendrica Bouvij (Bovij, Bovy, Bouvy) (45), Zutphen (GLD), Nieuwe Stadskerk
• Antonius Polfliet (84), Zaffelare (B)
• Antonius Polfliet (84), Zaffelare,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
• 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
• 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
• 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
• 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
• 1780 » William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian († 1842)
• 1803 » Flora Tristan, French author and activist († 1844)
• 1803 » James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago († 1859)
• 1811 » Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher († 1881)
• 1817 » Francesco Selmi, Italian chemist and patriot († 1881)

• 1739 » Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
• 1747 » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
• 1761 » Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
• 1766 » Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
• 1767 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
• 1789 » Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
• 1789 » Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
• 1801 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
• 1804 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)

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. Antje
13. Aaltje
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 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.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
• 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 7, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen weerlicht donder.