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• Anna Catharina Van De Velde, Langdorp († 1884)
• Anna Maria Armirotto, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Woudenberg, Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1809)
• Aukjen Faber, Augustinusga († 1779)
• Anoinette* Van Lierde, Asse († 1814)
• Aukjen Lammerts Faber, Augustinusga
• Aukje Lammerts
• Andries NAGTEGAAL, Dordrecht († 1849)
• Aafke Balsters Zandt, Loppersum († 1798)
• Alexander Willem Jacob Rijksvrijheer Van Spaen, Arnhem (GLD) NL († 1811)

• Godefridus Coenen (69), Heel, Lim, Nederland
• Henric Jan Mentink (0), Hengelo
• Antonia Hellemons (63), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Isabelle Jacqueline Penneman de Bosscheyde (60)
• Judoca van Bunder (76), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Claaske Bender (Binders) (1), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Lodewijk Blokland (0), Neder-Hardinxveld
• Isabelle Jacqueline Penneman (60)
• Alexander Fraser, 7th Earl of Strichen (76), Strichen, Inverness-shire, Scotland
• Adriana Heesters (51), Helvoirt

• 1739 » Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse († 1813)
• 1748 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher († 1832)
• 1759 » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic († 1824)
• 1760 » Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator († 1837)
• 1797 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons († 1871)
• 1809 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic († 1857)
• 1809 » Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester († 1884)
• 1810 » Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor († 1883)
• 1811 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina († 1888)
• 1812 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. († 1902)

• 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
• 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
• 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

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 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• 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.
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on February 15, 1775 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.