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• Adriana van Hulst, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1847)
• Anna Catharina Loostermans, Meer, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina Koppers, Asperden (Pruissen)
• Flavie Florence Joseph TRAISNEL, Lestrem, Bèthune, Pas de Calais, France († 1775)
• Gertrudes Barbosa, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Georg Staller, Tschatali, Hungary († 1777)
• Arnoldus Adrianus Pit, Utrecht (UTR) NL († 1839)
• Cornelis Bertens, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1823)
• Fenneken Olthof, Gelselaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1778)
• Eleonore Armgard Catharina van Hohenthal, Merseburg, Saksen-Anhalt

• Elizabeth Phillips (89), Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
• Gertrud [Gertrudis] Hagen, [Overhagen, Overhage, Averhagen] (53), Mussum (Bocholt), Duitsland
• Georg Nicolaas Hülsen van Eckeln Bisschop van Smolensk (82), Warschau
• Heinrich Schmitt (56), Brohl, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Anna Catharina Sels (76), Langdorp, Aarschot, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Claas Hettes Menagie (0)
• Eloy JOANNET (72), Erceville, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France
• Annigje de Ruyter (0)
• Ann Smith (71), Chatton, Northumberland, England
• Anthony Binon (15), Fijnaart

• 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
• 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
• 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
• 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
• 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
• 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)

• 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
• 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
• 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
• 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
• 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)

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. Marie
7. Trijntje
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 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

The temperature on April 24, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.