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May 1, 1675Born on Thursday May 2, 1675
- Cornelii Henderick BROUWERS, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1756)
- Franciscus De Jonckheere, Brugge,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1710)
- Arnaud Maurel, Uvernet-Fours ( Frankrijk )
- Akke Ages, Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Elisabeta Gabriels Loijens, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Gosses, Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Engele Hellinger, Vorden,Gemeente Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anthonis Kool († 1716)
- Beertien Bartelds, NG Kderk Zwartsluis
- Beertje Cornelissen Hulleman, Nunspeet († 1697)
Died on Thursday May 2, 1675
- Stijne Berenschot, Miste, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jenneken Arninck (25), Winterswijk
- Alof Knuivers, Ratum, Gelderland, Nederland
- Rixtje JIBLES (7), Garyp, Tytsjerksteradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
- Jenneken Boijkink, Woold, Gelderland, Nederland
- Georg Maixner (0), Ketzelsdorf, Zwittau
- Sara Elout, Haarlem
- James Henderson (47), Fordell, Fife, Scotland, Great Britain
- Mechteld Bekenschot, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
- Costanza Xuereb
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 2, 1675 at Delpher
Born on May 2
- 1601 » Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar († 1680)
- 1660 » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer († 1725)
- 1695 » Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect († 1766)
- 1702 » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and theosopher († 1782)
- 1707 » Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer († 1747)
- 1729 » Catherine the Great of Russia († 1796)
- 1737 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1805)
- 1740 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress († 1821)
- 1750 » John André, English soldier and spy († 1780)
- 1752 » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer († 1790)
Died on May 2
- 1519 » Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)
- 1564 » Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500)
- 1627 » Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)
- 1667 » George Wither, English poet and author (b. 1588)
- 1683 » Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)
- 1711 » Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
- 1799 » Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)
- 1802 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
- 1810 » Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)
- 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
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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.
- March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
- August 10 » The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
- November 11 » Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
- December 11 » Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
- December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.