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• Carolus Franciscus VANHEE, Eernegem, 8480, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1775)
• Aale Timens, Nijehaske, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Houthooft, Roeselare West-Vlaanderen België († 1842)
• Catherine Francoise Le Maire, Lorgies
• Charles Manners-Tollemache († 1850)
• Charlotte Otto, Michelsdorf,Potsdam-Mittelmark,Brandenburg,Bundesrepublick Deutschland († 1839)
• Anthonia Cornelis van der Velden, Boxtel († 1851)
• Antonia van der Velden
• Anders Madsen, Bakkebølle, Vordingborg Landsogn Bårse Herred († 1847)
• Adriana Cornelia Heijnincx, Hoeven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)

• Gerrit van Helden (0), delft (zuid holland)
• Catharina van Dijke, sint maartensdijk (zeeland)
• Jean HATTENBERGER (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Clara BROICH (56), Elfgen, Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Joannes Hansen (87), Vrijhern
• Elisabeth Smekens (46), Hamme
• levenloos kind van Rhenen (0), Driebergen
• Anne Marie WIOLAND (70), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Catharina van Dijke (40), Sint Maartensdijk
• George Usher, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

• 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
• 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)
• 1836 » Queen Emma of Hawaii († 1885)

• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

• 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 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
• July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
• September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
• 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 2, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.