About the day » Thursday May 12, 1774Calender converter

• Anna Geerts, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vaust, Gelinden, België († 1840)
• Anna Wibe (Johanna) (Gepbina) Mulders, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1853)
• Anna Grollé, Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1812)
• Anna Maria Mormeldier, Breda
• Anna Maria de Haart, Utrecht (Geertekerk) († 1853)
• Benedictus Galle, Scheldewindeke
• Anna Barbara Thielemans, Herenthout, België († 1843)
• Baldina van Gemeren, Enkhuizen († 1806)
• Antonia Huyps, Wouw, Noord Brabant

• Anna Katharina Holzer (38), Stennweiler, Gemeinde Schiffweiler, LK Neunkirchen, Saarland, Deutschland
• MARIA Tambuyser (75)
• Judocus De Meersman, Moorsel
• Margarita Paulissen (Poulissen) (3), Borgharen
• Elisabeth Ophalvens (72), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
• Joanna Lecluyse (70), Izegem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Maria Anna Antoinetta de Weldige genannt Cremer (44), Dorsten,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Judocus de SAEDELEER (69), Herzele, 41027, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Arij van WIJNEN (26), Nederlandsch Oost Indië
• Margaritha Poulissen (Paulissen) (3), Borgharen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1739 » Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer († 1813)
• 1754 » Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher († 1812)
• 1755 » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer († 1824)
• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)

• 1700 » John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
• 1708 » Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)

• 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.
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 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.
• 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 May 12, 1774 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.