About the day » Thursday February 23, 1775Calender converter

• Cornelis Nuijten, Ginneken, Breda, 4800, Nederland († 1859)
• ariaantje SLINGERLAND, streefkerk († 1859)
• Cornelis Nuijten, Ginneken en Bavel († 1859)
• Dirk Johannes Planting, Oenkerk/Giekerk/Wijns († 1861)
• Ariaantje (Adriana) Slingerland, Streefkerk († 1859)
• Andreas Maes, Temse, East Flanders, Belgium
• Anna Christina Vom Hemdt
• Clara Janse van Kampen, Monster († 1826)
• Carolina Kraaij, Velsen († 1789)
• Cornelius de Beer, Tilburg

• Johann Rudolf Brecht (52), Gomaringen, Württemberg, Deutschland
• Marie Jeanne BOURDON (67), Gonnehem,62376,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Cornelis Verheggen, Schaijk
• Margaretha Ploos Van Amstel (75)
• Andrew Rembert (57), St. Mark's Parish, Craven, South Carolina
• Josephus Achtergael (0), Elversele, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR (66), Gonnehem,62376,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Pierre Rancilhac de Chazelles (77), Murat, Cantal, France
• Martijntje Silvius (40), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Elisabeth van Hellemons (0), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

The temperature on February 23, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.