About the day » Saturday September 3, 1774Calender converter

• Dirk Arentsz Duijndam, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Kesteloot, Lichtervelde, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1841)
• Berendina Wielens (ook Wijlens), Haaksbergen († 1855)
• Adriaan LENAERTS, Merksplas, Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest (BE) († 1783)
• Cornelis Pietersz Bravenboer, Zwartewaal († 1848)
• Dorothea Janssen, Angeren, Nederland († 1849)
• Anne Joseph FONTAINE, LORCE (Lorcé), Liège, Belgique († 1838)
• Dorothea Janssen-, Angeren, Nederland († 1849)
• Allegonda van de Ven, Someren († 1810)
• Anne Marie Joseph O'Herne

• Jan Klazes (88), Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine Auburtin (1), Vigy, 57716, France
• Barbara Eleonora von Wolde (83), St. Petersburg (Rus)
• Barbara Eleonore Von Maltzahn (83), St. Petersburg (Rusland)
• Andreas Meijs (2), Nederokkerzeel, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Magdalene Otto (1), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• <*> Everdina Baars, Didam, Gem. Montferland, Gelderland, NL
• Antonius MERCKX (0), Tielt Vl Brab
• Abeltje Meertens (66), Oldehove
• Elisabetha van den Broeck (0), Baasrode (Dendermonde), Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1710 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist († 1784)
• 1724 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada († 1808)
• 1781 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician († 1824)
• 1803 » Prudence Crandall, American educator († 1890)
• 1810 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter († 1871)
• 1811 » John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community († 1886)
• 1814 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic († 1897)
• 1820 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician († 1891)
• 1840 » Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer († 1919)
• 1841 » Tom Emmett, English cricketer († 1904)

• 1658 » Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
• 1720 » Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
• 1729 » Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
• 1766 » Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1808 » John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)

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)
• January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 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 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on September 3, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.