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• Aart Evertsen van Beek, Voorthuizen († 1867)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Dijk van, Driebergen, Utr, Nederland († 1812)
• Albert van Wilsum, Utrecht, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1809)
• Abel Hajes De Boer, Zuidhorn, Province Of Groningen, The Netherlands († 1826)
• Adriana Kakenbergh, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1840)
• Adriantje Kakenbergh, Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aartje Willemse van DIJK, Driebergen-Rijsenburg,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1812)
• Adriaantje Arijse Huijser, Ridderkerk († 1859)
• Aletta Maria van der Merwe

• Leendert van Loenen (55), Utrecht
• Berendiena Te GOEDE
• Jane Kean (25), West Teignmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
• Cornelia Ariensd MONSTER (0), Numansdorp
• Dingena van Eekelen (3), Zevenbergen
• Claas Alderts TAAMS (0), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aarjen Aarjensz Pollepel (33), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Merckel (73), Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Edward Weld (35)
• Abraham Alexander Postelein (52)

• 1719 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian († 1781)
• 1724 » Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer († 1808)
• 1729 » Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer († 1777)
• 1730 » Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1781)
• 1760 » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician († 1844)
• 1762 » Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist († 1813)
• 1771 » Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer († 1842)
• 1791 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author († 1859)
• 1808 » Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee († 1873)
• 1832 » Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States († 1892)

• 1684 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 » Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 » John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 » Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 » William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)

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 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
• 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.
• 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 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 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: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.

The temperature on October 1, 1775 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: omtrent helder.