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• Akke Gosses, Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, FRL († 1835)
• Annetje (Antje) van Hamond, Maassluis, Nederland († 1832)
• Amil Vermeulen, ,,, Piershil (Nederland)
• Aagte Jans, NG Kerk Mastenbroek
• Adrianus PEET, Rotterdam
• Anna Heilersig, Raalte († 1801)
• Aaltje Cornelis Koning, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1825)
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Koning-, Wogmeer, Nederland († 1825)
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Koning, Wogmeer († 1825)
• "Hendrik" Laurijs Fransen, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1819)

• Maria Anna Van Herwegen (0)
• Maria Agnes Engels (1), Kerkrade (L
• Charles Ludwig SCHIMPFF * (74), Neustadt, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany
• Hendrik Cornelisz Brouwer (53), Laren
• Dingena Anthonisse van Luijk (41), Stavenisse
• Guilielmus GEVELEERS, Leefdaal (Bertem), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Claire Lord (1), Saint-Ours, Le Bas-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
• Livinus van Poele (2), Sint-Gillis-Waas
• Franz Martin Marte Merten (65)
• Deacon Andrew Rice (71), Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

• 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
• 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
• 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
• 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
• 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
• 1803 » Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author († 1811)
• 1809 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician († 1865)
• 1812 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar († 1885)
• 1815 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ († 1905)
• 1834 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician († 1911)

• 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
• 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
• 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
• 1815 » Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)

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)
• February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
• April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 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 January 15, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.