About the day » Monday July 25, 1774Calender converter

• Christoffel Harmens Bock, Dokkum († 1844)
• Alice Cook († 1859)
• Anthonius Vianen, Utrecht
• Cornelius Daems, Werchter, Belgium († 1799)
• Berend Bosman, Terwolde, Gelderland, Nederland (Gemeente Voorst)
• CORNELIS WILLEMS, Oldebroek
• Adriana (Ariaantje) Vermeulen, Utrecht († 1842)
• Cornelis Joanniszn van Gils, Chaam († 1857)
• Cornelis van den Broek, Chaam
• Anna Maria Van Ooteghem, Adegem (Maldegem), Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, Par. Sint-Adrianus

• Abigail Carlton (78), Hillis, New Hampshire, United States
• André PILLET (40), Le Perrier, 85300, France
• Grietje Pietersdr. Spruijt (81), Kethel
• Gesina Lübbers (70), Wesuwe-Brook
• Grietje Pieters Spruijt van der (81), Kethel (Scd)
• Elisabeth van Alsenoy (81)
• Geesje Hanneken Sassen (52), Schoonebeek
• GRIETJE VAN DER SPRUIJT (81), KETHEL
• Guilielmus Decock, Merkem West-Vlaanderen België
• Eunice Wilder (58), Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

• 1683 » Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet († 1756)
• 1750 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War († 1806)
• 1753 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata († 1810)
• 1797 » Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel († 1889)
• 1806 » Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist († 1885)
• 1839 » Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer († 1873)
• 1844 » Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer († 1916)
• 1847 » Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist († 1888)
• 1848 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1930)
• 1857 » Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor († 1934)

• 1790 » Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator and reformer (b. 1723)
• 1790 » William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Isaac Low, American merchant and politician (b. 1735)
• 1794 » André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
• 1794 » Friedrich von der Trenck, Prussian adventurer and author (b. 1726)
• 1794 » Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)
• 1826 » Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
• 1831 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)

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)
• 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.
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on July 25, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.