About the day » Thursday February 23, 1775Calender converter

• Clara (Claartje) Janse van Kampen, Monster, Westland, Holland († 1826)
• Daniël KORENNEEF, Dubbeldam
• Andreas Wansinck, Hazerswoude († 1840)
• Anna Christina Vom Hemdt
• Ariaantje Otterbeek, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1780)
• Dirk Johannes Planting, Oenkerk/Giekerk/Wijns († 1861)
• Cornelis Nuijten, Ginneken, Breda, 4800, Nederland († 1859)
• Cornelius Nuijten, Ginneken († 1859)
• Clara (Jansdr) Van Kampen, Monster († 1826)
• Andreas Maes, Temse, East Flanders, Belgium

• Lubbert Valen (48), Huntel, Duitsland
• Cornelis Verheggen, Schaijk
• Johanna van Dalsen (7)
• Antonetta Ligtvoet (68), Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jean Andre Rouppe (51), Boulay, Lotharingen
• Anne BOUVIER, Le Mottier,38260,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Cornelis Willemsz van Egmond│dsluis (89), Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Martijntje Silvius (40), ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee)
• Christiaan UittenbogaarD (0), unbekannt
• Elisabeth MASSON (67)

• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)

• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

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. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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.
• 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 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

The temperature on February 23, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken.