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• Antje Oud, Wervershoof († 1815)
• Aaltjen Gerrits Gelderman, Veessen,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Theresia VERLEYE, Nieuwkapelle
• Areke van Bemmel, Erichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1858)
• Adriana Doeleman, Rotterdam († 1833)
• Aukjen Feikes Oosting, Haskerhorne, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Barbera Kemper, Amsterdam († 1844)
• Arent Annes Douws, Loon (Rolde) († 1809)
• Anthonia Maria Eilbracht, Cinsurah, West-Bengalen, India († 1804)
• Aaltje van Leeuwen, Wilsveen, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1777)

• Gepke Hemmes (41), fortasse, Nederland
• Jacobus Dewulf, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Jan Joannes AARTZEN (47), Rotsterhaule
• Martje Kneppel (59), Huisduinen
• Leendert Pieters Van De FIJNAART (6)
• Gertje SIEGERS (35), Ie (Ee), East-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Katharina LANGMUUR (61), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Crutzen (Creutzer) (78), Kerkrade (L)
• Margaretha Lisbeth Frahlmann (38), Dissen (Duitsland)
• Melchiorus Peeters (61), Scherpenheuvel

• 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
• 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
• 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
• 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
• 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
• 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
• 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
• 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
• 1801 » Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess († 1865)
• 1806 » Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess († 1868)

• 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
• 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
• 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
• 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)

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. Marie
7. Trijntje
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)
• June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
• June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.