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• Anne Marie FELLMANN, Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1860)
• Anna Maria Tielemans, Tilburg († 1850)
• Cornelia Hocke, Dreischor († 1828)
• Anne Marie MOTTAZ, SYENS(canton de VAUD SUISSE)
• Elisabeth Carmiggelt, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1848)
• Beert Jacobsen Beerd KoK, Apeldoorn († 1852)
• Adriana Keep, van, Etten-Leur († 1832)
• Anna Sophia Vorwald, Kerssenbrock (Wellingholzhausen, Landkreis Osnabrück, Duitsland) († 1774)
• Clara Maria Vorwald, Kerssenbrock (Wellingholzhausen, Landkreis Osnabrück, Duitsland) († 1790)
• Cornelis Bruijn de, Etten Leur, Nederland

• Cornelis Verkley (48), Bloemendaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Deborah Williams (37), Easton, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaen Ariensz in `t Velt (50), Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Derk Jansen Kruit (80), Deventer
• bastiaan VELD (51), dubbeldam
• Cornelis Verkleij (48), Bloemendaal, Gouda
• CORNELIS CORNELISZN VERKLEIJ (49), BLOEMENDAAL (BIJ GOUDA)
• Bastiaan in 't Veld (50), Dubbeldam
• Jan Verdonk (50)
• Bastiaan Arisz In 't VELD (51), Dubbeldam

• 1740 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress († 1821)
• 1750 » John André, English soldier and spy († 1780)
• 1752 » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer († 1790)
• 1754 » Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer († 1806)
• 1772 » Novalis, German author and poet († 1801)
• 1773 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet († 1845)
• 1797 » Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist († 1864)
• 1802 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist († 1870)
• 1806 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint († 1876)
• 1810 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor († 1874)

• 1683 » Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
• 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
• 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)

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 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.
• June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

The temperature on May 2, 1774 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southeast by east. Weather type: dampig betrokken.