About the day » Thursday December 21, 1775Calender converter

• Abraham de Munck, Breskens, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christiaan Kouffeld, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Maria Sanders, Mook
• Abraham de Munck, Breskens († 1821)
• Allegonda Coolen, Oss
• Elisabeth Driessen, Breda (NL) († 1843)
• Elisabeth van der Steen, Meijel, NL († 1836)
• Anne VAN BEVEREN, Oostkamp,8020,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Elisabeth (1) Westgeest, Oegstgeest († 1776)
• Elisabeth Driessen, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1834)

• Gretje VanBaal (85), Kessel, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Ida Kerssemakers (0), Aalst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Margaretha" Grietje Grietje (80), Kessel, DLD
• Barbara VAN COPPENOLLE (76), Zulzeke,9690,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Gerrits Straver (44), Cabauw, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jan Leendertsz. Holierhoek (77), Maasland
• Guillielmus Vierstraete (23), Izegem,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ann Fisher (77), Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
• Gertrudis (Grietje) Van Baal, Kessel Dtsl
• Hendricus De Groot (70), Hagestein

• 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)
• 1815 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator († 1879)
• 1820 » William H. Osborn, American businessman († 1894)

• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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. Elisabeth
8. Marie
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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)
• April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on December 21, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.