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• Annatje Zwens, Barneveld
• Baukje Hiddes' Postma, Sneek († 1815)
• adriaan van de ven, haaren
• Anna Maria Kexel, Schönberg († 1844)
• Berend Köijer, Gölenkamp († 1829)
• Catharina Smies, Axel
• Agatha Margaretha Berkhoff, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1806)
• Antje Jans Robbok, Texel († 1835)
• Abraham van Eldik, Oude Wetering († 1853)
• Beertje Feikes Oosting, Haskerhorne († 1847)

• Françoise PAGE (67), Guipavas, 29075, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Lievine Allard (73), Troisvilles (F)
• Jan Sluijtman (28), Ned. Indie
• Hindrik Hogenesch, Gieten
• MARIE CATHERINE (MARIA CATHARINA) VANDEVENNE (44), Zwevegem, 8550, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Elisabeth Benfer (60), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Mettje Kornelius (43)
• Douwe Jaytses van der Zee (0), Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina HILLEG(H)EER (70)
• Anna Catrina Mulet (Malet), Utrecht

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

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.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• 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 May 25, 1775 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.