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• Anna Maria de Winter, Huijbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1811)
• ANNA MARIA WILS, Boom
• Barbara Christianus Nuijten, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1830)
• Adrianus Corneli Rijkers, Den Helder († 1849)
• Adrianus Rijkers, Den Helder († 1849)
• Aesge Johannesz Feenstra, Eernewoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha Verdonck, Geel Sint Amands († 1848)
• Ariaan (A(d)ria(a,e)n, Ari(e,s)) Cornelis Rijke (Rij(c)ke(n,r)(s), Riecke), Den Helder
• Adrianus Cornelisz Rijkers, Den Helder
• Adolph Willemse Bierhuijs, Poeldijk

• Hendrik Mengers, Corle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje Sijmens Overtoom (33), Krabbendam
• André Louis Arnoux dit Villeneuve (76), Québec, Québec, Canada
• Benjamin Inman (75), Newberry County, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Count Anton of Waldburg zu Wolfegg (2)
• Magteld (van) Zonneveld, Heemstede
• Anna Maria De Sadeleer (14), Aelst
• Philiberte BOGEY (45), Saint-Ours, 73265, 73265, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Hubertus Dingemans Steen van (63), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendjen Hijink, Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1714 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer († 1787)
• 1724 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author († 1803)
• 1797 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) († 1852)
• 1819 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer († 1900)
• 1820 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory († 1878)
• 1820 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 († 1894)
• 1821 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada († 1915)
• 1825 » Émile Ollivier, French statesman († 1913)
• 1834 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian († 1917)
• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)

• 1656 » François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
• 1674 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1743 » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
• 1746 » Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)
• 1778 » Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)

• 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.
• 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 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.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on July 2, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.