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Born on Saturday October 28, 1775
- albertine WRINCQ, Wasmes (Belgium)
- Anna Sidonia Sewink, Amsterdam
- Andries Arijsz MONSTER, Zuid-Beijerland († 1827)
- Anna Catharina Van Elder, Watermaal-Bosvoorde, 1170 (Brussel)
- Cornelia Slis, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Antonia Gabriel de GRAUW, Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
- Christianus Antonissen, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
- Andries MONSTER, Zuid Beijerland
- Anna Reedijk, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Willem van Mierlo, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1849)
Died on Saturday October 28, 1775
- Dirkje Souwer Or Zuur (6), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Christine Elisabeth van Münnich Vrouwe van Kauguri (63), Kauguri, Jürmala (Riga-Strand), Letland
- Johan Christoph Neuhart (68), Schoenersville, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
- Dionysius Smitshuisen, Venlo
- Christoph Neuhart (68), Nothweiler, Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Col. John R Randolph of Mattoax (33), Roanoke, Bedford, Virginia, United States
- Jean Reydams, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Femmigje van Orden (59), Alkmaar
- Dinah L. Brown, Gilead,Tolland, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Johann George Trapp (73), Wunderthausen, Westphalen, Germany
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 28, 1775 at Delpher
Born on October 28
- 1718 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer († 1793)
- 1733 » Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer († 1803)
- 1754 » John Laurens, American soldier († 1782)
- 1767 » Marie of Hesse-Kassel († 1852)
- 1793 » Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms († 1861)
- 1794 » Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon († 1847)
- 1804 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 1849)
- 1815 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician († 1856)
- 1816 » Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer († 1903)
- 1837 » Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun († 1913)
Died on October 28
- 1740 » Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
- 1754 » Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
- 1755 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
- 1763 » Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (b. 1700)
- 1768 » Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700)
- 1787 » Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
- 1792 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
- 1792 » Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (b. 1710)
- 1800 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
- 1806 » Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749)
Names that were popular for boys in 1775
- Jan
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- John
- Klaas
- Jean
- Abraham
Names that were popular for girls in 1775
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Trijntje
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Adriana
- Elizabeth
- Aaltje
- Janna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1775
- 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)
- June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
- 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."
- October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
- 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 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
- December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
Weather October 28, 1775
The temperature on October 28, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.