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• Anje Veentjer, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1856)
• Annigje Baan, Sliedrecht († 1808)
• Alef BIEVINK, Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Anje Berends Veentjer, Meeden (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1856)
• Anna Elisabeth Cornelissen, Rijkevorsel († 1835)
• Anne Catherine Dirckx, Herenthout, 2270, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aldert DERKS, Nieuwe (Boven) Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Casparus Wilhelm Breijas (Breas), Arnhem († 1851)
• Agnès FRÈRE, Heers (Vechmaal),3870,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1845)
• Andreas Gerit van der AA, Beek en Donk, 3302, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1818)

• Arie Bruijnsz. Groenheyde (42), pijnacker
• Arij Groenheijden (42), Pijnacker
• Anna Maria Timmermans (63), Raamsdonk
• Catharina Eltgen (45), Nickenich
• Francisca de Almeida Paes (63), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Sophia Bierdemann (65), Neinstedt, Saksen-Anhalt
• Arnoldus, Dussen
• Anna Katharina Vögtlin (62), Bahlingen, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE)
• Johanna Dirks (1), Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Leendert Cornelisz SWANG (17)

• 1729 » Maria Antonia Ferdinanda, Sardinian queen consort († 1785)
• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)

• 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)

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. Trijntje
7. Marie
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)
• 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.
• March 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
• May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.

The temperature on November 17, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.