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• Froukje Eizes Meijer, Beets († 1851)
• Dieuwer Samuels Knottnerus, Oostwold
• Elias Thomasson, Virginia ql
• Cornelia van Duuren, Sint Annaland († 1820)
• Elizabeth "Betty" Hunter Drennan, Randalstown, Antrim, Ireland († 1839)
• Assien Stevensz Meuleman, Mastenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland († 1848)
• Gerardina Janssens, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1846)
• Gerarda Laurens Janssens, Tilburg († 1846)
• Benedictus Maebe, Nazareth
• Ferdinandus Laurentius Meijers, Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland

• Pieter Meijers (82), Serooskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Pieter Simonse Meijers (82), Serooskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jacob Kleijweg (51), Cool, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grijtie Oepkes (32)
• Annetje Hoogland, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Aertszn Van Vugt (64), Woudrichem
• Aart Aarts Vught (64), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joannes Franciscus Minnaardt, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Barentje HAAK, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Johannes Janknegt, Berkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)

• 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)

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)
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• 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.
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• 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 October 20, 1775 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen omtrent helder.