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• Anna Catharina Steenacker, Blitterswijck, L, NL († 1838)
• Abraham Poppe, Hoorn, N.H., Neth
• Antonius Wilhelmus Meulendijks, Beek en Donk († 1858)
• Arnoldus Fransen, Oldenzaal († 1828)
• Antonius MEULENDIJKS, Beek en Donk († 1858)
• Anna Peters, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1810)
• Anna Melis, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1830)
• Anne Derks Peters, Groesbeek, Nederland († 1810)
• Bernardus Josephus Doens, Sint-Margriete, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1853)
• Anna Wijnen († 1840)

• Daniel van Polanen (62), Leiden
• Charlotte DUBOIS (65), Moutiers-au-Perche,61110, Frankrijk
• Anna Maria Melis, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, Antwerpen, België
• Antonia Broekhuijsen (35), Munsterkerk, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis van Zeijl (76), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelis Stevens (76), Ursem, Utrecht Nederland
• Dordi Olsdotter (29), Backa, Morlanda (O)
• Anna Margaret Schmidt (93), Wingen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Cornelis Stevenz van Zeijl (76), Utrecht
• Cornelis Stevens van Zeijl (76), Utrecht

• 1728 » Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware († 1784)
• 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
• 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
• 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
• 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
• 1786 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1871)
• 1798 » Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman († 1875)
• 1819 » Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot († 1905)
• 1821 » Richard H. Anderson, American general († 1879)
• 1832 » Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer († 1918)

• 1653 » Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
• 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
• 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
• 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
• 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1793 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)

• 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 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• 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 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
• 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.
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The temperature on October 7, 1775 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.