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• Catharina Elisabeth CEUNEN, Paal, 3583, Beringen, Limburg, België
• Antonius Jansse Manders, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alexandra Andreievna Schouvalova († 1847)
• Antonie van Raalte, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
• Carolus Bruynooghe, Torhout
• Anna GORDON, Gauch, Cabrach, Aberdeenshire
• Alexandra Andrejewna SCHUWALOWA, Sankt Petersburg, Rusland († 1847)
• Cornelis Zoon, Bergen († 1851)
• Augustinus Jacobus RIJCKAERT, Moerbeke, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie († 1837)
• Elisabeth Joannesen Teunissen, Hulhuizen

• Elisabet van der BIJL, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christine Millé (Millié)(Opeli) (63), Utrecht
• Elizabeth Lijsbeth Jansdr van der Bijl (49), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antoine JOUANIN (42), Le Blanc, 36300, Indre, Centre, Val de Loire, France
• Dirk HARTEVELT (60), Hilligersberg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Jansdr van der Bijl (Beijl) (49), Wassenaar
• Christina Milje (61), Utrecht
• Elisabeth Jansdr. van der Bijl, Wassenaar aangifte
• Elizabeth Lijsbeth Jansdr van der Beijl (49), Wassenaar
• Elizabeth van der Bijl (49), Wassenaar

• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)
• 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
• 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)
• 1817 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1896)
• 1818 » Charles III, Prince of Monaco († 1889)

• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)

• 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)
• February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• 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.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

The temperature on December 8, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.