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• Abraham Bruijne, de, Hoek gem. Terneuzen Zld. Nederland († 1850)
• Anna Catharina Seelhorst, Dinklage, Oldenburg, Germany († 1812)
• Arij Anthon van Ginkel, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Aarts, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Kouwenhoven, Valburg († 1800)
• Antje Hermansdr Kouwenhoven, Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1800)
• Anna Suijkerbuijck, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hermansdr Kouwenhoven, Sassenheim, Teylingen, South Holland, Netherlands († 1800)
• Anna Lucia Evers, Brandenhusen (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Anna Judoca DEDECKERE, Oostkerke († 1814)

• Harmina de Liefde, Amsterdam
• Joel Munson (72), Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Hannah Craig (51)
• Gabriel Pfeil (42), Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Godefridus Geurts, Veldwezelt
• Henrich Rank (0), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria Hussin Harsin (29), Amsterdam
• Catharina Kreuter (3), Obersteinbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Ida Quijten (85), Beesel
• Judge Robert Brown (93), Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1763 » Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre († 1794)
• 1775 » Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer († 1832)
• 1784 » Peter De Wint, English painter († 1849)
• 1788 » William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist
• 1796 » Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1880)
• 1797 » Joseph Méry, French author and journalist († 1866)
• 1800 » Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister († 1864)
• 1801 » John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer († 1839)
• 1804 » Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter († 1871)
• 1808 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru († 1875)

• 1731 » Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
• 1773 » Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689)
• 1774 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)
• 1775 » Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)
• 1789 » Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (b. 1723)
• 1793 » Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)
• 1795 » Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)
• 1809 » Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)

• 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)
• 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.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• 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.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

The temperature on January 21, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.