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• Adriana Cornelisse Hoppel, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1836)
• Adriaan (Adrien) Sprangers, Capelle, Nederland († 1861)
• adriana HOPPEL, nieuw-beijerland († 1836)
• Aeltje Bruijn de, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1840)
• Aaltje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Jans de Reus, Katwijk
• Aderjaen Sprangers, Capelle († 1861)
• Albertje Hoving, Anloo (Drenthe)
• Aagje Gerrits van Vugt, Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Halteren van, Etten Leur, Nederland († 1846)

• Marie Charlotte Charles Michaud (52), Kamouraska St Louis, Québec, Canada
• Elizabeth Foster (86), Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Judocus Maximilianus Bockstal (57), Lokeren
• Maria Elisabetha Spij(c)kers Spickers (1), Schinnen
• Anna Aerts (HR Hendrix) (65), Maasbree
• Joris Jansz van der Vin (4), Uitwijk &, Waardhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje Sytzes Bouma (0), Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Joannes Kreytenberg (58), Griethausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Lucia Vermeiren (22), Loenhout (B)
• Maria Anna Andries (74), Nieuwkerken-Waas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)

• 1728 » Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist († 1799)
• 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)
• 1826 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician († 1891)
• 1827 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller († 1879)

• 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
• 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)

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 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• 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 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."
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

The temperature on April 16, 1775 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.