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• Aalt Hendriksen, Putten
• Aart van Ruitenbeek, Lunteren († 1845)
• Dirk Tijssen Rooster, Harderwijk († 1860)
• Adrianus De Schryver, Iddergem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Dirk Tijssen Rooster, Harderwijk († 1860)
• Anna Catharina Offermans, Heerlen († 1849)
• Anne Elisabeth Bormans, Gelinden, België († 1823)
• Dirk Thijsse Rooster, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1860)
• Aart Jacobsen Ruitenbeek, Lunteren, gem. Ede, NL († 1845)
• Aart Jabiksen Ruitenbeek, Lunteren († 1845)

• Adriaan Latour (28), Enkhuizen
• Arent Heusinkvelt (43), Varsseveld
• Friederike v.SA-Gotha (59), Langensalza
• Elisabeth Frank (1), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Arij Jansze KNIKMAN (44), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Friederike Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (59), Langensalza, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen, Deutschland
• Arent Heusinkveld (43)
• Frederike van Saksen-Gotha-Altenburg (59), Langensalza, Thüringen
• Erastus Kellogg (0), South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Anna Hendriks Mulders (Meulden), Waspik

• 1739 » Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer († 1813)
• 1754 » Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher († 1812)
• 1755 » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer († 1824)
• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)

• 1700 » John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
• 1708 » Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)

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.
• March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

The temperature on May 12, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.