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• Anna Elisabeth  Arts, Mook († 1774)
• Jans, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Bijnen-, Valkenswaard, Nederland († 1855)
• ANNA Jasperina Margaretha SCHOEMAKER, Bredevoort Aalten († 1851)
• Anthonius Schellekens, Hilvarenbeek, Nederland († 1777)
• Bernardus Leonardus Schaessens, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1841)
• Aaltje Japiks Klaver, Blaricum
• Adrianus De Beucker, Zoersel († 1833)
• Anna Maria Bradenbrink, Amsterdam († 1851)
• Aaltje Klaver, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1858)

• Mathurine GARINAY (58), Josselin,56120,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE,Ste croix
• Elisabeth Raeymaekers (50), Gierle, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Geertje Cornelis Spoormaker
• Johan Christoph de Winter, Essequebo, Brits-Guyana
• JOANNES BESSEMS (69), Schin op Geul
• Jan Pieters Visser (75)
• Joseph Elias de Vries (64), Amsterdam
• Christoph Friedrich Harpprecht (73), Tübingen, Wuerttemberg, Deutschland
• Atonius van de Pol (55), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André MENUET (78), Sallertaine, 85300, France

• 1715 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic († 1769)
• 1719 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright († 1797)
• 1729 » George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician († 1819)
• 1753 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight († 1809)
• 1790 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor († 1866)
• 1799 » Oscar I of Sweden († 1859)
• 1804 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer († 1864)
• 1807 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician († 1882)
• 1816 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky († 1899)
• 1826 » Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer († 1864)

• 1742 » Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
• 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
• 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
• 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
• 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 » Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)

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)
• June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
• 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.
• September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on July 4, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.