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• Anna Speekenbrink, Oosterhout († 1860)
• Cornelius van Eijck, Delft, 5995, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Cornelia Teunissen, Olst († 1832)
• Adriana Verheijen, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Bartel Joannes SMOLDERS, Knegsel, 3848, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1845)
• Alida Verkruijssen
• Dirk Barendsz de Roode, Heemskerk († 1835)
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• Anna Bernardusdr Speekenbrink, Oosterhout († 1860)
• Anna Maria Smits, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Ann DEAKIN (TURNER) (35)
• Cornelis Adriaans OUWEJAN, Oostzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• David Derks
• Jacob Cornelisz Heemskerk (69), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Jansz Bruijgom (4)
• Cornelis Boij, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Scheepmaaker (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aef Buijsman (67), Den Helder
• Hemmo Nauta (46), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerritje Burgers Mekking (50), Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

• 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 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.
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

The temperature on October 23, 1775 was about 11.0 °C. There was 264 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.