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• Angelina De Coster (De Koster), Stekene (B)
• Cornelis Cornelisz. Zoon, Bergen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• alida pietersdr hoornweg, delfshaven (rotterdam) († 1827)
• Aaltje Meijnes, Wildervank
• Aaltje (Okkes) Meinders Kersten, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1853)
• André de Sainte-Maure, Paris († 1850)
• Carolina De Greve († 1812)
• Alida Hoornweg, Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ary Westdijk, Heenvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1845)
• Catharina Bisschop, Harlingen († 1847)

• adrianus de GROOT (29), vlaardingen
• Gerard Alting (81), Paterswolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Ensminger (78), Shaefferstown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Jans Hartman (59), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gerrit De Raaff (92), Lith, Nederland
• Elisabeth Margaretha Beltzer (1), Emmerichenhain (Hessen-Nassau, Pruisen D)
• Gerard Alting (81), Huize Vennebroek, Paterswolde, Gron
• Anna Katharina Bost (66), Hellenhausen, Saarbrucken, Saarland, Germany
• Dirk Rochusz. Villerius (89), Heenvliet
• Gerrit Sante Van (Santen) (20), Westzaandam, Nederland

• 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)
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• 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 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

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