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• Gerrit Pietersz Stijnen, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 1821)
• Antonius Jansse Huijbers Manders, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1775)
• Barbara Ann Lionberger C51125 (Stover) Stauffer († 1866)
• Alijda van Gortel, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antefridus van Kessel, Driel
• Barend Hendrik Antoniesz SCHOLS, Bredevoort (NL/GE) († 1847)
• Frederike Perkaan, Groningen († 1827)
• Erdmann Karel Gottlob Graaf Sandreczky van Sandraschütz († 1841)
• Cornelius Freijse, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dersken Duitshof, Aalten († 1850)

• Mathias Donkermans (1), IJsselstein, aan den IJsseldijk
• Lena de Jong (46), Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Pietersz Baron (82), Schiedam
• Joanna Maria Michielse van de Broeck (65), Zeelst, Nederland
• Jakob Schmidt (41), Winterberg, Kreis Brilon
• Maarten Both (5), dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Helena Janse Meys (74), Helvoirt
• Johan Reinhardt Gerardus (0), Sneek
• Caecilia Janssen, Susteren Amelberga
• Adriaan (Adrianus Petrus Theodorus) van der Steen (64), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1711 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic († 1753)
• 1713 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon († 1780)
• 1733 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian († 1790)
• 1755 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer († 1839)
• 1784 » Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer († 1846)
• 1820 » Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario († 1903)
• 1839 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist († 1907)
• 1844 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar († 1930)
• 1848 » Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1914)
• 1849 » Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator († 1887)

• 1726 » Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
• 1734 » Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1669)
• 1789 » Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1802 » Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
• 1824 » Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral
• 1826 » Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
• 1832 » Napoleon II, French emperor (b. 1811)
• 1833 » Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. 1757)
• 1864 » James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
• 1869 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)

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)
• 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 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.
• 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 July 22, 1774 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.