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• Cornelis van Dijk, Kralingen
• Cornelia Van Dranen, Utrecht († 1859)
• Engelina Boenders, Rijen († 1821)
• Cornelia Maria Blikman, Amsterdam († 1837)
• Cornelia Oudelandt, Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland († 1852)
• Cornelis van der Veer, Amersfoort († 1841)
• Cornelia Rietveld, Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1815)
• Aartje Jans Wijenberg, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Delwarel, kladde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1821)
• Cornelia van Draanen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1859)

• Cornelia van Oostweerd, Maarssen
• Johan Ernst Jacob Anthonie Graaf van Thun-Hohenstein-Caldes (80), Salzburg, Oostenrijk
• Baukje Leenderts Stelwagen (4), Dokkum
• Henrich Ehlich (57), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Petronella Reijnen (59), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Johanna Catharina van VINCELER (61), Ressen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gardina Edelijns, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerard Göntges (52), Repelen, Dld
• Maria Magdalena Spannagel (52), Rauenberg, BADEN, Germany
• Jacobus Trouwee (75)

• 1669 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist († 1722)
• 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
• 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
• 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)

• 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
• 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
• 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
• 1762 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
• 1799 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)

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)
• March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on May 26, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.