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• Aart van Orden, Barneveld († 1832)
• Aaltje Roelfs Dekker, Anloo († 1846)
• Abraham Scholtens, Groningen
• Albertjen Lamberts Hoeve, Rouveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agata Constantia Scheltus, 's-Gravenhage († 1850)
• Alice BATTERLY (WRIGHT), Of Whittington
• Aaltje Olferts Dijkema, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1836)
• Adriana Laurens de Roon, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Boer, Westzaan (NL) († 1838)
• Aardjen Bessels van de Bunt, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Maarten Hofstede(n) (38), Moordrecht
• Elizabeth 'Betsy' Harrison (54)
• Adriaan Spitaels (23), Everbeke, België
• Lambertus DRALANTS (84), Wever
• Anna Elisabeth Wolters (0), Sint Odiliënberg, Roerdalen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Schroder (90), Perleburg, Westfalen, Germany
• Anna Maria Smachten (72), Hoogeloon Pancratius kerk
• Ida Jansen van de Craats, Ede
• Jan (Pott) Post (1)
• Cornelia van Leeuwen (70), Den Haag

• 1729 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist († 1798)
• 1749 » Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller († 1816)
• 1761 » Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator († 1793).
• 1778 » Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician († 1848)
• 1781 » Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France († 1789).
• 1783 » Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist († 1840).
• 1809 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General († 1889)
• 1811 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1886)
• 1818 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author († 1894)
• 1821 » Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman († 1900)

• 1708 » Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
• 1751 » William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 » Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
• 1761 » Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
• 1792 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (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. Johann

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Marie
7. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
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.
• March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• 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.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.

The temperature on October 22, 1775 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: donker regen.