About the day » Friday April 21, 1775Calender converter

• (1) Aafje Janse Pels, Ursem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1806)
• Adriana Faasse, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Edward Stanley († 1851)
• Barbara Rosenberger Fretz († 1840)
• Douwe Popkes, Makkum (WÛN), Wûnseradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Tarter, Lincoln County, North Carolina
• Anna Margareta Jan Scholten, Delfshaven
• Annigje Willemsdr van Rooijen, IJsselstein
• Carolus VAN DEN BORRE, Pamel († 1819)
• Arnoldus Mieres, Amersfoort

• Hendrik Haarman, Oolde
• Catherine STUDER (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Struyck (73), A'dam
• geertje ten hulsen (77), Winterswijk
• elisabeth heijmans (71), helden-dorp
• Helena Vermeersch (46), Torhout
• Geesje van der Linden (22)
• Anna Struik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Geertruij Schuttershoef (38), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elizabeth Ammerman (44)

• 1730 » Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer († 1788)
• 1752 » Humphry Repton, English gardener and author († 1818)
• 1752 » Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies († 1807)
• 1774 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1862)
• 1775 » Alexander Anderson, Scottish-American illustrator and engraver († 1870)
• 1790 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Spanish-Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile († 1876)
• 1810 » John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago († 1864)
• 1811 » Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago († 1903)
• 1814 » Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist († 1906)
• 1816 » Charlotte Brontë, Cornish-English novelist and poet († 1855)

• 1699 » Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
• 1719 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
• 1720 » Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
• 1722 » Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (b. 1673)
• 1736 » Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
• 1740 » Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
• 1758 » Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679)
• 1815 » Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
• 1825 » Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)

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. 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)
• February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

The temperature on April 21, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs.