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• Gertrudis Willemoons, Vorst 1190(Antwerpen, Belgie)
• Everhardus Van Haeren, Kekerdom, Nederland († 1839)
• Cornelia Wap, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands,Leeuwenstraat
• Catherine Marrow, Medway, Norfolk, Mass
• Everardus van Haaren, Kekerdom († 1839)
• Franciscus Hoefs, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joes Jakob Francken, Himmerich/Randerath († 1778)
• Arendina Derks Nijkerk († 1829)
• Coleta VERNIERS, Eke
• gabriel DUFLOT, Wasmes (Belgium) († 1831)

• Marie Josephe Auger (60), Cap Sante, Portneuf, Québec, Canada
• Gerrit Plat (1), Rotterdam
• Maria Ockhuijsen (0), Utrecht
• Maria Lensen, Bree, Maasbree, 5993, Nederland
• Maijke Cornelisd de Heer (69), Puttershoek, Nederland
• Apollinaire SCHILLIG (0), Guevenatten (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Johanna Matthijsdr van Hoof, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Johannes Schneider (41), Dotzlar, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Catharina LAMBRECHTS (80), Landen, 24059, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Johanna Matthijs van Hoof, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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)
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• 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.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• 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 May 20, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen helder bui.