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• Cornelis Cornelisz. Zoon, Bergen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Christianus Gerardus Timmermans, Roermond
• Andries SCHARLOO, Dordrecht
• Cornelia van Honk, Almkerk
• Antonia Margarita Wesselman, .'s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1779)
• Alida Hoornweg, Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camilla Coleta Boucquet, Dadizele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1841)
• Cornelia van Honk, Almkerk, Brabant (North), Netherlands
• André de Sainte Maure († 1850)
• Catharina Maria, Amsterdam

• Cornelis Pouw (0), Randenburg
• Christina STEUR (20), Schiedam, 6248, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (21), Schiedam, Nederland
• Dirck Rochusz. Villerius (88), Heenvliet
• Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Ensminger (78), Shaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Birgitta Braet (86), Ruislede
• Elisabeth Siverin
• Brigitta BRAET (86), Ruiselede
• Arij Jobsen, Hoek
• António Manuel Botelho de Moraes Sarmento

• 1709 » Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor († 1789)
• 1716 » Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor († 1791)
• 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
• 1761 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum († 1850)
• 1792 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer († 1856)
• 1800 » Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet († 1855)
• 1805 » 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader († 1815)
• 1844 » Alexandra of Denmark († 1925)
• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)

• 1660 » Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)
• 1729 » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)
• 1750 » Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1767 » Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)

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)
• April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
• May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• 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 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The temperature on December 1, 1775 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: donker mist.