About the day » Thursday August 25, 1774Calender converter

• Aukje Wijtzes Boersma, Gerkesklooster, Friesland, Netherlands († 1858)
• Antje Franszens Rienstra, Hitzum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert van Mourik, Maartensdijk
• Apollos Dodge, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1850)
• (Marie) Anne SCHACHEMIN, Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1776)
• Antje Jans SALVERDA, Hitzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1845)
• Antonius KUPPENS, Overpelt
• Arnoldus Schipperus, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1858)
• Alida Holterman, Rotterdam († 1774)
• Auktje Wietzes (Auckjen) Boersema (Boersma), Gerkesklooster, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1858)

• Aaltje Everts Jonker (70), Voorthuizen
• Aaltje Everts Jonkers (70), Voorthuizen
• Job Marinusz de Nooijer (68), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Everts Jonkers (70), Voorthuizen
• Elisabeth Susanna Wennink (0), Amsterdam, Holland
• Jacobus Belemans (72), Gruitrode, Graafschap Loon, Prinsbisdom Luik
• Jan Willems (ZEINSTRA) (40), Dongjum
• Angela Machado de Andrade (49), Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Elisabeth Machtilda de Wijs (41), Batavia, Nederlands-Indië
• Jacob Cornelisz Schrijvers (61), Heinenoord

• 1741 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author († 1792)
• 1744 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic († 1803)
• 1758 » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer († 1810)
• 1767 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician († 1794)
• 1776 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral († 1853)
• 1786 » Ludwig I of Bavaria († 1868)
• 1796 » James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder († 1876)
• 1802 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author († 1850)
• 1803 » Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias († 1880)
• 1812 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist († 1880)

• 1688 » Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 » Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 » Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1797 » Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)
• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)

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)
• March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
• 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 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 August 25, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken.