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• Christina Verbrugge, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonius van Beckum, Uden
• Catharina Spelders, Leiden († 1848)
• Cathalijntje van Melle, Cadzand († 1857)
• Adriana van Breugel, Udenhout, Brabant, Netherlands
• Bartelt Annes (Bartel, Barteld, Bartele) Krol, Hemrik, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1843)
• Barteld Annes Krol, ,, Hemrik, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1843)
• Adrianus Zuidmulder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Cateliijntje van Melle († 1857)
• Antonius Kersten, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1833)

• Derk Jan Grevenstuk, Arnhem RBS 160-252
• Elisabeth Crijne HARTEVELD (64), Scheveningen
• Alle Wijgers (Wychers)
• Annetje Leenderts Stigter (77), Mijnsheerenland
• Annetje Leendertsd. Stigter (77), Mijnsheerenland
• ANNE MARIE DELVAL (66), LEERNES
• Christian Fehling (0), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Catharina Peter Martens van Eijndhoven (59), Goirle
• Annetje (Annigje) Leendertsdr Stigter (77), Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Rutten (71), Bunde, Meerssen

• 1741 » Benedict Arnold, American-British general († 1801)
• 1767 » Maria Theresa of Austria († 1827)
• 1780 » Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician († 1844)
• 1792 » Christian de Meza, Danish general († 1865)
• 1793 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician († 1852)
• 1798 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1872)
• 1800 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher († 1877)
• 1806 » Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria († 1855)
• 1806 » Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian († 1873)
• 1818 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist († 1898)

• 1701 » Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
• 1742 » Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
• 1753 » George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
• 1766 » Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1776 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
• 1786 » Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
• 1786 » Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
• 1823 » Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
• 1825 » George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (b. 1741)
• 1833 » Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (b. 1759)

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)
• February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

The temperature on January 14, 1775 was about 6.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.