Anniversarial — 2024
1774
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2024:
Births
- Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st duke of Cambridge (4th creation) (born 1774–died 1850), English aristocrat, army officer
- Arnold, Samuel James (born 1774–died 1852), English author, theatre manager, playwright, painter, magistrate
- Austen, Francis (born 1774–died 1865), English [unknown occupation]
- Baily, Francis (born 1774–died 1844), English stockbroker, astronomer, academician
- Boswell, Euphemia [née Erskine] (born 1774–died 1837), Scottish composer
- Cavendish-Bentinck, Lieutenant-general Lord William Henry (born 1774–died 1839), English soldier, statesman
- Elliston, R. W. (born 1774–died 1831), English actor
- Ellsworth, Abigail (born 1774–died 1860), American home-maker
- Harvey, Elizabeth (born c. 1774–died 1858), English artist, painter
- Henry, William (born 1774–died 1836), English physician, pharmacist, academician
- Lieven, Prince Christoph Andreyevich, lord of Mežotne (born 1774–died 1839), Latvian aristocrat, army officer, diplomat, courtier, tutor
- Maryland Convention (founded 1774–disbanded 1776), American political body
- Meadley, George (born 1774–died 1818), English biographer, author
- Mercier Du Paty de Clam, Eléonore Charlotte (born 1774–died 1848), French home-maker
- Ogle, Henry (born 1774–died 1835), English churchman
- Parker, Joseph (born c. 1774–died 1850), English publisher, bookseller
- Perkins, Doctor John [junior] (born c. 1774), English physician
- Terry, Catherine [née Wadsworth] (born 1774–died 1841), American home-maker
- United States, 1st Continental Congress of the [United States Congress] (founded 1774–disbanded 1775), American legislative body
- United States, 1st Continental Congress of the, Virginia delegates [United States Congress] (founded 1774–disbanded c. 1775), American political body
- Virginia Convention (founded 1774–disbanded 1776), American political body
- Vizard, William (born 1774–died 1859), English lawyer
- Yelloly, John (born 1774–died 1842), English physician, academician
Deaths
- Baker, Henry (born 1698–died 1774), English scientist, journalist, academician
- Ballexserd, Jacques (born 1726–died 1774), Swiss educationalist, moralist
- Belasyse, Thomas, Earl Fauconberg (born 1699–died 1774), English aristocrat
- Bellemare, M. — de [Pierre Quesnel] (pseudonym/initials used 1699–1774), French churchman, Jansenist, historian
- Bentinck, Willem, 1st Earl Bentinck (born 1704–died 1774), Dutch aristocrat, government adviser
- Bosc Du Bouchet, Jeanne Grâce, comtesse d’Argental (born 1703–died 1774), French aristocrat
- Bradshaw, Thomas (born 1733–died 1774), English politician, member of Parliament
- Caux de Cappeval, N. (died 1774), French poet, musicologist
- Choiseul-Beaupré, Cardinal Claude Antoine Clariard de (born 1706–died 1774), French churchman
- Conflans, Louis de Brienne de, marquis d’Armentières (born 1711–died 1774), French soldier, aristocrat, army officer
- Deschamps, Léger Marie (born 1716–died 1774), French freethinker
- Dutacq, François (died 1774), French lawyer
- Du Tillot, Guillaume Léon (born 1711–died 1774), French courtier, courtier, civil servant
- Feriol, Antoine de, comte de Pont-de-Veyle (born 1697–died 1774), French aristocrat
- Fox, Caroline, Baroness Holland [née Lennox] (born 1723–died 1774), English aristocrat
- Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley (born 1705–died 1774), English politician, member of Parliament
- Fox, Stephen, 2nd Baron Holland of Foxley (born 1745–died 1774), English aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament, gambler
- Freiesleben, Gottfried Christian (born 1716–died 1774), German librarian, archivist
- Gilly, Élisabeth Sophie, marquise de Jaucourt (born 1735–died 1774), French aristocrat
- Giraud, Esther Françoise Louise (born 1702–died 1774), Swiss religious convert, Catholic, churchman, nun
- Goldsmith, Oliver (born 1728–died 1774), Irish author, playwright
- Goncerut, Suzanne [née Rousseau] (born 1682–died 1774), Swiss home-maker
- Harte, Walter (born 1709–died 1774), English university teacher, university administrator, author
- Hesse-Darmstadt, Caroline Henrietta Christiana von, landgravine von Hesse-Darmstadt [née von Zweibrücken] (born 1721–died 1774), German aristocrat
- Johnson, Sir William, 1st Baronet Johnson (born c. 1715–died 1774), Irish civil servant, soldier, army officer
- Keith, Robert (born c. 1697–died 1774), Scottish diplomat, ambassador
- La Condamine, Charles Marie de (born 1701–died 1774), French mathematician, physicist, explorer
- Lacy, James (born 1696–died 1774), English actor, theatre manager
- La Ville, père Jean Ignace de, titular bishop of Tricomie (born 1690–died 1774), French churchman, diplomat, academician
- Legouz de Gerland, Bénigne (born 1695–died 1774), French author, historian
- Lenieps, Toussaint Pierre (born 1697–died 1774), Swiss banker, politician
- Louis XV, king of France (born 1710–died 1774), French monarch
- Maisonneuve, Catherine Michelle de (died 1774), French journalist, newspaper editor
- Malvezzi, conte Francesco (born 1708–died 1774), Italian aristocrat
- Mariette, Pierre Jean (born 1694–died 1774), French engraver, artist, art critic, collector
- Montmollin, Emer de (born 1706–died 1774), Swiss lawyer, civil servant
- Morénas, François (born 1702–died 1774), French journalist, author
- Normandie, Lucrèce Angélique de, marquise de Florian (born 1740–died 1774), French aristocrat
- Perry, Louis Benjamin Annet de, marquis de Perry (born 1726–died 1774), French aristocrat, army officer, bibliophile, collector
- Péter, Marianne [née Guyenet] (born 1732–died 1774), Swiss home-maker
- Quesnay, François (born 1694–died 1774), French physician, surgeon, economist, academician
- Quesnel, père Pierre, abbé Quesnel (born 1699–died 1774), French churchman, Jansenist, historian
- Rault de Ramsault, Charles Antoine de (born 1687–died 1774), French military engineer, army officer, engineer
- Reiske, Johann Jacob (born 1706–died 1774), German academic, classicist, author
- Ridley, Reverend Doctor Glocester (born 1702–died 1774), English churchman, biblical scholar, poet, theologian
- Rollinson, William (died 1774), English merchant
- Valory, Guy Louis Henri de, marquis de Valory (born 1692–died 1774), French army officer, diplomat
- Vansommer, John (born 1705–died 1774), French silk designer, tradesman, weaver
- Walker, John (died 1774), American interpreter
