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• Dirkje Hulspas
• Christianus Geelen († 1849)
• Cornelis HUIJSMAN, Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus Geelen, Hunsel
• Arend Nab, Valburg († 1825)
• Carol Maesenaere, Zarren († 1835)
• Agnes French († 1854)
• Carel SCHEERS, Nijmegen († 1849)
• Cornelia Hessels, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagjen van der Molen, Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1775)

• Engeltje Reijers van Harskamp (22), Amerongen
• Ferdinand Colonna Prins van Stigliano (79), Napels, Campanië
• Catharina De Worteleer (56), Werchter
• Jan Aalberts Palm (25), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Derk van den Bos (90)
• Elisabeth Pinkgoudt (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Audley Bowdler (57), MADELEY Shropshire England
• Adriaantje(ie) Quist (22), Oosterland (Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Ferdinando Colonna (79), Napoli
• Jan Jacobsz Pater (1), Heerhugowaard

• 1723 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician († 1792)
• 1736 » Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach († 1806)
• 1743 » Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer († 1820)
• 1762 » Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator († 1830)
• 1767 » Rama II of Siam († 1824)
• 1774 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge († 1850)
• 1786 » Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician († 1869)
• 1786 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic († 1859)
• 1788 » Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter († 1857)
• 1827 » Lydia Becker, English-French activist († 1890)

• 1714 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 » Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 1777 » Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
• 1785 » Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
• 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)

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)
• February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
• April 19 » American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
• August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

The temperature on February 24, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen.