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• Anna Maria Vandenbossche, Schorisse († 1814)
• Akke Gerrits Nauta, Achlum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1850)
• Anna Elisabeth Bouwens, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1834)
• Anna Janssen, Helden († 1812)
• Catrina Loos, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arij Heijndijk, Geervliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1847)
• Aagje Sijmons Lijen, Binnen Egmonden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1826)
• Annika Rutgersdotter, Köleröd, Klövedal (O) († 1849)
• Anna Maria Hagendorens, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1841)
• Akke Gerrits Nauta, Achlum († 1850)

• Gijsbertje Peters Box, Apeldoorn
• Huibrecht van Oosterzee (82), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Paulus Hubert BUIJS (68), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Princess Maria of Salm-Salm (45), Schloss Sch"onborn by G"ollersdorf, Nieder"osterreich, Austria
• Susanna van Welle (54), Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, BEL)
• Marie Jeanne WILLEMS (53), Enghien, 7850, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anna Gertrudis HUIGENS (32), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Heinrich Spickhoff (90), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Franz van Alphen (56), Frankfurt am Main,Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt,Hesse,Germany
• Petrus Gijsen (42), Blerick

• 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)
• 1827 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist († 1875)
• 1830 » João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator († 1896)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

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)
• May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

The temperature on March 8, 1775 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: regen.