Editing 1774 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 1]]
** [[Lancelot Baugh Allen]], Master of Dulwich College (d. [[1845]])
** [[André Marie Constant Duméril]], French zoologist (d. [[1860]])
** [[Pietro Giordani]], Italian writer (d. [[1848]])
** [[James Johnson (Kentucky politician)|James Johnson]], U.S. Representative from Kentucky (d. [[1826]])
** [[William Piper]], American politician (d. [[1852]])
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Thomas Lynn]], British soldier (d. [[1847]])
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Juan Aldama]], Jugador de Beisbole (d. [[1811]])
* [[January 4]]
** [[Volant Vashon Ballard]], Royal Navy admiral (d. [[1832]])
** [[Edward Dubois (wit)|Edward Dubois]], English wit and man of letters (d. [[1850]])
** [[William M. Richardson]], American jurist and politician (d. [[1838]])
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[George Chinnery]], British artist (d. [[1852]])
* [[January 6]]
** [[Ole Elias Holck]], officer, father of the Constitution of Norway, member of Stortinget (d. [[1842]])
** [[James McCall (politician)|James McCall]], American politician (d. [[1856]])
* [[January 7]]
** [[Anna Bunina]], Russian poet (d. [[1829]])
** [[Samuel D. Purviance]], American politician (d. [[1806]])
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[John Gibbons (cricketer)|John Gibbons]], English amateur cricketer (d. [[1844]])
* [[January 10]]
** [[Augustin de Macarty]], American politician (d. [[1844]])
** [[Jean-Baptiste Muiron]], French Army officer (d. [[1796]])
** [[William Stewart (British Army officer, born 1774)|William Stewart]], British military officer (d. [[1827]])
* [[January 11]]
** [[Antoine Drouot]], French general (d. [[1847]])
** [[Charles Henry Schwanfelder]], British artist (d. [[1837]])
** [[Tryphosa Jane Wallis]], English actress (d. [[1848]])
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[William Cahoon]], American politician (d. [[1833]])
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Aislabie]], cricketer (d. [[1842]])
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Daniel Evans (minister)|Daniel Evans]], Welsh Independent minister (d. [[1835]])
* [[January 17]]
** [[Marie-Thérèse Figueur]], French writer (d. [[1861]])
** [[Maria Theresa Kemble]], British actress (d. [[1838]])
** [[Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth]], German botanist (d. [[1861]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Moses I. Cantine]], American politician (d. [[1823]])
** [[James Millingen]], British archaeologist (d. [[1845]])
* [[January 19]]
** [[Edward Protheroe]], British politician (d. [[1856]])
** [[Samuel Campbell Rowley]], naval officer and politician (d. [[1846]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Charles George Beauclerk]], British Member of Parliament (d. [[1845]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[William Kenrick (1774–1829)|William Kenrick]], English lawyer and politician (d. [[1829]])
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Francesco Fuoco]], Italian philologist, economist and Catholic priest (d. [[1841]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Richard Southgate (politician)|Richard Southgate]], American politician (d. [[1857]])
* [[January 24]]
** [[Carl Abraham Arfwedson]], Swedish silk merchant (d. [[1861]])
** [[Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx]], Belgian politician (d. [[1863]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Jules-Paul Pasquier]], French jurist (d. [[1858]])
* [[January 29]]
** [[Olinthus Gregory]], British astronomer (d. [[1841]])
** [[Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1849]])
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Samuel Butler (schoolmaster)|Samuel Butler]], English classical scholar and schoolmaster (d. [[1839]])
* [[January 31]]
** [[William Blake (economist)|William Blake]], British economist; (d. [[1852]])
** [[William George Maton]], English physician (d. [[1835]])
** [[Thomas Veazey]], American politician (d. [[1842]])
** [[Phineas Waller]], Pennsylvanian farmer and landowner (d. [[1859]])