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• Aalken de Meier, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1831)
• Adriaantje van Stuijvenberg, Maurik
• Martijntje Hendriksdr van Hanswijk, Hillegersberg
• Adriaan Cornelisz Romeijn, giessen-nieuwkerk (zuid holland)
• Peys Joannes Baptist, Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, België († 1821)
• Aaltje Jans Tiedens, Nieuw Beerta (gem. Oldambt) († 1840)
• van de Wege, Aardenburg († 1775)
• Aaltje van de Rijke, Zaamslag
• Aaltje van Ee, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Kort, Andijk, Nederland († 1807)

• Albertine Francoise Belanger (56), Violaines, 62138, FRANCE
• Arij Romein (1), Hillegersberg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara van Der Vorst (83), helmond
• Adrianus "Arie" Verwey (50), Utrecht
• Annetje Gerrits Geijteman (50), unbekannt
• Berend, Beekbergen
• Annetje Pieters Huijser (75)
• Berend Aarts (72), Beekbergen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• van de Wege (0), Aardenburg
• Anna Antje Theunisdr van der Lubbe (83), Lisse

• 1745 » Anthony Wayne, American general and politician († 1796)
• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)

• 1697 » Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1625)
• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)

1. Jan
2. Pieter
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. John
14. Klaas
15. Jean
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Elisabeth
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• 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)
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on January 1, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen.