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• Anna Catharina van Beckum, Mook
• Anna Elizabetha Kleijnhans, Gau-Odernheim,Alzey,Hessen, Duisland
• Aeltjen Aelberdink, Kotten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Müller, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg († 1853)
• Douwe Jolles Hoekstra, Teroele, Skarsterl-N, Friesland, Netherlands († 1874)
• Franciscus Timmermans, Sprundel († 1820)
• Franciscus Timmermans, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Christianus Oerlemans #, Essen, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1843)
• Christianus van Rooij, Amsterdam (RK kerk 't Boompje) († 1774)
• Catharina Bol, Zevenbergen († 1829)

• Hendrick Woutersen (71), Otterlo (Ede)
• Maria Anna Coletta van Outheusden (61), Utrecht, Nederland
• Henderik Wouterse (71), Otterlo
• Benoite BEAUJEU (63), Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy,69870,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Constantinus Eeckhout, Welden,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Joannes Baptista Schickx, (nr 258)
• Henricus VOSSEN, Heythuysen, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Woutersen Stomphorst (71), Otterlo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jan Hendriks (1), Heelsum
• David Tonnon (42), Waasmont

• 1737 » George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada († 1806)
• 1752 » Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author († 1828)
• 1752 » Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1816)
• 1771 » Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer († 1858)
• 1771 » Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer († 1805)
• 1781 » Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic († 1873)
• 1794 » Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft († 1816)
• 1814 » Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock and Company († 1876)
• 1817 » Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator († 1893)

• 1667 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
• 1688 » Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
• 1754 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
• 1761 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)

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)
• May 10 » Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 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.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• 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 May 14, 1774 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.