About the day » Sunday May 14, 1775Calender converter

• Anna Korrij, Hall, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendriks BONEKAMP, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Adrianus de Keijzer, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana ARISMAN, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Albertje Berends Hazenberg, Midwolde († 1854)
• Angelique Marie Anne Angelique Barras, Rety, 62705, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Maria Oosterhout, Terheijden († 1851)
• Booij, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1846)
• Adriana Blok, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1843)
• Anna Elisabeth Goethuys, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Tielt, Tielt-Winge, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1842)

• Maria Anna van Retzenheim (53), Wenen
• Leonardus Boelders (76), Ooij, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Hilje NANTJES (7), Woldendorp, Termunten, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Maartje Cornelisdochter KUIJPER (42), Koog aan De Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Fredrik Helmers (78)
• Florella Strong (5), Chatham, Conn
• Dirk Pannekoek (8), Asperen
• Gijsbertus Matthias Backx (47), Tilburg
• Juliane Strackbein (70), Wunderthausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacob Mennes (46)

• 1737 » George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada († 1806)
• 1752 » Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author († 1828)
• 1752 » Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1816)
• 1771 » Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer († 1858)
• 1771 » Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer († 1805)
• 1781 » Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic († 1873)
• 1794 » Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft († 1816)
• 1814 » Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock and Company († 1876)
• 1817 » Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator († 1893)

• 1667 » Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
• 1688 » Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
• 1754 » Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
• 1761 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)

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 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
• 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.

The temperature on May 14, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.