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April 17, 1675Died on Thursday April 18, 1675
- Jeanne Cousin, Gennevilliers, Francia
- Berend van Wijk, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Sabine von Wulffen (57)
- Joanna Petrus VAN DEN BERGH (55), Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Louise Bucquet (32), Sailly-Flibeaucourt-Somme (80970)-Picardie-Hauts de France
- Egidia Claessen, Meerle
- Wijntje HENDRIKS (5), Oude (Beneden) Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
- Johan Gutierrez Tello (62)
- Willem Gerrits (23), Voorst
- Barbara de Lauwe (65), Oosteeklo (B)
Born on April 18
- 1580 » Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet († 1627)
- 1590 » Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor († 1617)
- 1605 » Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer († 1674)
- 1666 » Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer († 1747)
- 1740 » Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician († 1810)
- 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
- 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
- 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
- 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
- 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
Died on April 18
- 1556 » Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and politician (b. 1495)
- 1567 » Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)
- 1587 » John Foxe, English historian and author (b. 1516)
- 1636 » Julius Caesar, English judge and politician (b. 1557)
- 1650 » Simonds d'Ewes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
- 1674 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
- 1689 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1648)
- 1732 » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
- 1742 » Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician (b. 1664)
- 1763 » Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian murderer (b. 1733)
Names that were popular for boys in 1675
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Gerrit
- Jansz
- Petrus
- Jean
- John
- Jacobus
- Cornelisz
- Van
Names that were popular for girls in 1675
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Jans
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Jannetje
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Johanna
- Van
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1675
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 5 » Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.
- August 10 » The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
- October 29 » Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
- November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
- November 11 » Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
- December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.