About the day » Sunday August 7, 1774Calender converter

• Abeltjen LAMMERTS, Buinderveen,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1847)
• Anna Theresia Goossens, Noorderwijk, Herentals, België († 1822)
• Abraham Oppelaar, Oudshoorn († 1778)
• Antje Meijloms Molenaar, Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland († 1819)
• Arend (Arnoldus) Zwijnenberg, Diepenveen († 1860)
• Aaltje Roest, Aarlanderveen († 1776)
• Amelberga De Kerf, Temse, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1812)
• Adriaan Verburg, Kloetinge gem. Goes, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1847)
• Abraham Jacobsz Oppelaar, Oudshoorn († 1778)
• Adrianus Woutersz van den Hoet, Baarn

• Johan Conrad Andreas Sander (56), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Georg Schneider (35), Dotzlar, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Geertruijd JANS (14), Uithuizermeeden, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerret WIJLHUIZEN (0)
• Gerrit Mellink (Melling) (34), Varsseveld (Oude IJsselstreek)
• Feuillien MICHAUX (62), Mont-sur-Marchienne, 6032, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anna Elizabeth Hedrick (49), Augusta, Virginia, United States
• Jurriaan Schraders (34), Haarlem
• Maritje Jans Doek (3), Westzaandam
• Macharius Raeman (0), Laarne

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

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)
• 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.
• 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 August 7, 1774 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.