About the day » Monday May 22, 1775Calender converter

• Berend Faken Jubbega, Giethoorn, Nederland († 1827)
• Catharina Barten, Eijmeren
• Adrianus (Arie) van Wijk, Jutphaas, Nederland († 1808)
• Beerend Jubbega, Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1827)
• cornelis dirks Groeneveld, Vrouwenparochie, Friesland, Netherlands († 1812)
• Adrianus van Wijk, Schalkwijk († 1808)
• Beerent Faken, Steenwijkerwold († 1827)
• David Blum Bollinger
• Gabet, Inchy (F)
• Anneke Jans Heijstek, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1835)

• Emmanuel de Waldstein-Wartenberg (44)
• Helena Snackers (78), Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Nederland
• Hilgond Booi, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gijsbert Hansen (Hanzen), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Edward Herrick (79), Preston, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Ida van der Kraats, Ede
• Godefridus MARTIN (53), Rijkhoven, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Emanuel Philibert Johan Joseph Karel Adam Prosper Peter Frans Graaf van Waldstein (44), Trebic (Trebitsch), Hoogland, Tsjechië
• Emanuel Philibert Johann Josef Karl Adam Prosper Peter Franz von WALDSTEIN (44), Trebitsch
• Giertrud Andersdatter (36), Strandbygaarde, Strandby, Gislum, Aalborg, Danmark

• 1752 » Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician († 1797)
• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)

• 1667 » Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

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.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• 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."
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on May 22, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.