About the day » Sunday September 4, 1774Calender converter

• Aaltje Slingerland, Zevenhoven
• Amy Roselle Tucker, Randolph NC († 1814)
• Adriaantje Paasse, Ooltgensplaat († 1812)
• Abraham Regelmeijer, Kamerik,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abram Aartsen Vat, Apeldoorn († 1837)
• Anna Christiaansdr Goor, nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland) († 1808)
• Aldert Klaasz MINNES, Wieringen,Noord-Hollamd
• Aldegonda Cornelissen van Rijswijk, Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Aldegonda Cornelisse van Rijswijk, DRO/NGELEN (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1841)
• Aart Alblas, Groot Ammers († 1777)

• Franciscus Joseph GILOT (48)
• Jan Johannesz Van Der SCHOOR (8)
• Catharina Zilles (60), Wildenrath (D)
• Jannetje Ariesd Pos (75)
• Adriana Willemsd Van Der WAAL (2)
• Elizabeth As, van, Westkerke gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Gerrit Hendrik Vorster (0), Tulbagh, Tigerkloof, Tulbagh
• Jan Jansz Wittebol (68), Ter Aar
• Elisabeth Duitschenberg (49), Fährdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• GEERTJE CORNELISDR SPOORMAKER (68), TER AAR, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1745 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad († 1812)
• 1755 » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician († 1810)
• 1768 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France († 1848)
• 1776 » Stephen Whitney, American businessman († 1860)
• 1798 » Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician († 1869)
• 1809 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright († 1849)
• 1809 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile († 1880)
• 1824 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer († 1896)
• 1825 » Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1917)
• 1826 » Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer († 1905)

• 1767 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
• 1780 » John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)
• 1784 » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)
• 1794 » John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
• 1804 » Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)
• 1820 » Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)

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 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
• October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

The temperature on September 4, 1774 was about 19.0 °C. Weather type: dampig. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.