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• Anna Elisabetha Van Pelt, Lichtaart, België († 1812)
• Artemas Unknown, Thompson Township, Windham, Connecticut
• Ambrosius Adrianus Ampe, Handzame,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1855)
• anna helena ingevelt, nederweert († 1775)
• Carolus Josephus Deneckere, Bovekerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Catharina (Trijntje) Veerman, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Alexius HANNES, Mol, 2400, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1822)
• Bernarda Antonia Valckenier, Elburg († 1806)
• Catharina Sijmensdr Veerman, Volendam, Nederland († 1836)
• Catharina VEERMAN, Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1843)

• Anne NICOT (0), Châtelus-Malvaleix,23270,Creuse,Limousin,FRANCE
• Henricus WALSCHAP (72), Liezele Belgie
• Corneel van Linden (13), Rumst
• Elisabeth Pieterse Hartman (20), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bart Willemsen (56), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Garments Kat (42), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Jean-Baptiste BECU (67), Sailly-sur-la-Lys,62736,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Bart (56), Putten
• Antje Garmets Kat (42), Wormerveer, Nederland
• Francois Verroen (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)
• 1838 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist († 1917)
• 1851 » William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

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. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
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.
• March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
• April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

The temperature on January 16, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.