About the day » Thursday September 1, 1774Calender converter

• Adriana Mattheusdr. Goedhart, Zwijndrecht († 1848)
• Barbara Brandt, Lancaster Co., Pa († 1851)
• Antje Dirks Lep, vrouwenparochie († 1851)
• Aletta Fikkert († 1775)
• Chase OSGOOD, Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States († 1824)
• Christiaan Pieterz Velthuijzen, Laren N.H
• Christiaan Pietersz Velthuijsen, Laren, Koptienden Blaricum Eeerste:1796-74 († 1820)
• Anna Catharina EVERAERTS, Langdorp Vl.Brabant († 1851)
• Aaltje Wendels, Dalen († 1850)
• Anna Maria SIMONS, Boekel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Dirck Cornelisse Zwikker (47)
• Fetje Potter (27), Breda,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Adriaan Matthijsz den Engelsen (42), Tholen (NL)
• Fetje POTTER (27), Breda
• dirk willemsz van rijswijk (62), de werken
• Joannes de SIMPELAERE (56), Sint-Eloois-Vijve, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arnoldus DE Pauw (60), VERREBROEK
• Elisabeth Schoenmakers, Amersfoort
• Helena Tamson (35), .'s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hiligje Willemsdr Van Dijck (83), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1711 » William IV, Prince of Orange († 1759)
• 1726 » Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator († 1803)
• 1795 » James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald († 1872)
• 1799 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician († 1868)
• 1811 » James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England († 1883)
• 1818 » José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica († 1892)
• 1848 » Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist († 1931)
• 1850 » Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager († 1919)
• 1851 » John Clum, American journalist and agent († 1932)
• 1854 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer († 1921)

• 1648 » Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1678 » Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
• 1685 » Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)
• 1687 » Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)
• 1706 » Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• 1715 » François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
• 1715 » Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)

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 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.
• July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.

The temperature on September 1, 1774 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.