About the day » Thursday November 23, 1775Calender converter

• Elsje van den Bosch, Alphen
• Claas Corneliszn KUIJPER, Wormer († 1830)
• Adriaan (Marinisse) Oostakker, Colijnsplaat († 1822)
• Anna of the Two Sicilies, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy († 1780)
• Betsy Adams, New Hampshire († 1832)
• Adriana Smans, Gilze
• Ave Marie Schmitt, Schwanheim, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
• Berend van Pijkeren, Elburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Tilmans (Tak Geulle) Uikhoven, Geulle (L)
• Cecilia Verbeke, Blankenberge

• Geertje Coppert (74), Ransdorp
• Arnoldus Gerardus van HAL (58), Esch, 3559, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Jeremiasse Elenbaas (60), Sint Annaland
• Christophe ESTACE (55), Brix, 50087, Manche, Normandie, France
• Geertje Coppert (74), Ransdorp
• Georges TITS (57), Gors-Opleeuw, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Claas Winkels, Delft
• Arien Tonissen Ruijmschotel (90), Gameren, Nederland
• Christopherus van den Broeck (63)
• Adriana Elenbaas (60), Sint Annaland

• 1715 » Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author († 1799)
• 1719 » Spranger Barry, Irish actor († 1777)
• 1749 » Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina († 1800)
• 1760 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist († 1797)
• 1781 » Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg († 1847)
• 1785 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus († 1853)
• 1803 » Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist († 1895)
• 1804 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States († 1869)
• 1820 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author († 1884)
• 1837 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1923)

• 1682 » Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver (b. 1604)
• 1763 » Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1769 » Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince (b. 1711)
• 1803 » Roger Newdigate, English politician (b. 1719)
• 1804 » Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1747)
• 1804 » Richard Graves, English minister and author (b. 1715)
• 1807 » Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (b. 1747)
• 1814 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
• 1833 » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
• 1890 » William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)

• 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 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on November 23, 1775 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.