About the day » Wednesday March 22, 1775Calender converter

• Anne Jeanne GATET, BRA-sur-LIENNE, Liège, Belgique
• Christophorus Loreijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Aaltijn Jurriensdr Lunsingh (Westerbaan), Groningen († 1858)
• Aldegondis Van Campfort, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie († 1775)
• Jacobus (Joannessen) Jansen, Hulhuizen
• Christophorus Loreijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1832)
• Aleidis Borkes, Zelhem
• Anna Maria Rotteveel, Den Haag († 1775)
• Adriana Verhoeven, Loon op Zand († 1850)
• Anne Jeanne GATTET, BRA-sur-LIENNE, Liège, Belgique

• Antonij Jacobsz Van KRIMPEN (81)
• Herzog Peter August Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Beck (77), Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
• Adriaantje Heijstek (Heisteck, Heisteck) (67), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marguerite CAPEL (69), Saint Nicolas-Boves, 80131, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France
• Louis Baudry (76), Repentigny, CANADA
• Peter August van HOLSTEIN SONDERBRUG (78), Marburg, Duitsland
• Nicolas SAISON (76), Mentque-Nortbécourt,62890,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Hendrikje van Asselt (35), Harderwijk
• Hendrik Carré (78), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kunniken Hermens, Twello

• 1728 » Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist († 1779)
• 1785 » Adam Sedgwick, English scientist († 1873)
• 1797 » William I, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1808 » Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author († 1877)
• 1808 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer († 1873)
• 1812 » Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist († 1886)
• 1814 » Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom († 1857)
• 1817 » Braxton Bragg, American general († 1876)
• 1818 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham († 1846)
• 1822 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist († 1895)

• 1685 » Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
• 1687 » Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
• 1758 » Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
• 1772 » John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
• 1820 » Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
• 1832 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1749)
• 1840 » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
• 1864 » Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)

• 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)
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• 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.
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
• October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
• December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
• December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

The temperature on March 22, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.