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• Bertha Sophie Bille-Brahe, Odense, Danmark († 1833)
• Cornelius Marinus Mol, Rucphen († 1819)
• Cornelius Mol, Rucphen (Rucphen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1812)
• Floris Tjeerds Jorna, Wirdum, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)
• Ariaantje van der Weijden, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1814)
• Elizabeth Ebersole, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1844)
• Floris Tjeerds Jorna, Wirdum († 1835)
• BERNARDI BULO
• Franciscus van der Wielen, Puiflijk
• Cornelis van den Wildenberg, Arnhem (Gel)

• Caroline Matilda *Princess of Great Britain* (23), Celle, Holy Roman Empire
• Caroline Mathilde van Hannover Prinses van Groot-Brittannië (23), Celle, Nedersaksen
• Caroline Mathilde von Hannover WELF (23), Celle, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Agnes van Mirbach (77)
• Heiltjen Simons Blaupot (35), Deventer
• Heiltje Blaupot (35), Deventer
• Caroline Matilda Welf, Guelph, von Großbritanien (23), Schloß Celle, Celle, Hannover, Deutschland(HRR)
• Elisabeth van Riel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Mathilde van Engeland En Hannover (23), Celle
• Hendrik Eijken (0), Hoorn

• 1727 » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician († 1781)
• 1755 » Robert Gray, American captain and explorer († 1806)
• 1760 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer († 1836)
• 1760 » Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet († 1826)
• 1770 » Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1823)
• 1788 » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer († 1827)
• 1812 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer († 1902)
• 1813 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General († 1883)
• 1838 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln († 1865)
• 1841 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster († 1918)

• 1717 » John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
• 1726 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)
• 1774 » Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• 1787 » William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
• 1794 » Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)
• 1798 » George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)

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)
• February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 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 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on May 10, 1775 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.