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• Annetje Post, De Lier († 1850)
• Benedictus Martinus Dens, Geel (BE) († 1846)
• Annetje Cornelisdr POST, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Elisabet Klink, Amsterdam Noorderkerk
• Egidius Braem, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Abraham Gerard de VEYE, Zutphen, 1970, Gelderland, Nederland († 1828)
• Cornelis Wijbrandy, Berlikum, Frieland, Netherlands († 1839)
• Anna Isabella Janssens
• Cornelis Gentiusz Wybrandi, Berlikum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1839)
• Anna Maria de Graauw, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)

• Catherine CHAINEUX, CLERMONT-sur-BERWINNE, Liège, Belgique
• Geertjen Ruiterkamp (64), Almen
• Elizabeth Madison (7), Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
• Anthony Coenradt ten Eyck (62), Schodack (Rensselaer County) (New York)
• Bastiaantje van Esch (65), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertjen Wolters Ruiterkamp (63), Almen, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
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• Geertjen Wolters Ruijterkamp (63), Almen, Gelderland, Nederland
• GEERTIEN RUITERKAMP (63), Almen
• Bastiaentje Simonze van Es (65), Charlois

• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)
• 1794 » Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author († 1860)
• 1818 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician († 1899)
• 1821 » Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist († 1897)

• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
• 1829 » John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
• 1838 » René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)

• 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.
• May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
• October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
• November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

The temperature on May 17, 1775 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.