About the day » Friday May 6, 1774Calender converter

• Berend Heines Oostindier, Noordbroek († 1859)
• Baukje Heidsma, Garijp
• Aaltje Adams, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 1824)
• CNELIS JORDENSE, Voorthuizen († 1795)
• Anna Catharina DE WINNE, Okegem († 1808)
• Aukjen Taekes, Hantumeruitburen, Ternaard, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustin Joseph DEROUBAIX, Froyennes,, Hainaut, Belgique († 1849)
• Anna Catharina Vranken (Vrancken), Echt († 1844)
• Anna Margarita Van Bree, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1849)
• Anna Catharina Amans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1848)

• Cornelia van Tol (23), Woubrugge
• Elisabeth Grebe (28), Birkefehl, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Boudewijn Peter Hellings (70), Schijndel
• Joanna Maria Deprest (48), Knesselare, Belgie
• Jan Daniël Rijke (17), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Agie Harders Man (63), Zaandam
• Gottliebe Grabowski (1), Lukta u. Osterode
• Abraham Cornelisz. Quant (74), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Henders Hendriksdr Bonke (55), Bathmen
• Ariaantje van Hijzelendoorn (34), Delft

• 1714 » Anton Raaff, German tenor († 1797)
• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 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.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on May 6, 1774 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.