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• Adrianus Schippers, Hoogeloon
• Anna Isabella Janssens
• Francois Xavier Dubois, Quebec, Canada († 1825)
• Christiaan Watson, Zutphen († 1852)
• Arnoldus Leonardus van der Poel, Rotterdam
• Dorothea WEIJT, Zutphen († 1845)
• Egidius Braem, Temse, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Cornelis Wijbrandy, Berlikum, Frieland, Netherlands († 1839)
• Benedictis Martinus Dens, Geel, België († 1846)
• Arnoldus Leonardus van der Poel, Rotterdam

• Bastiaantje Simonsdr van Esch (65), Charlois
• Bastiaantje Sijmons V van Esch (65), , Charlois, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Jans Schulten (43), Grasdorf, Veldhaus, Niedesachsen (Dld)
• Geertjen Wolters Ruiterkamp* (63), Almen
• Geertjen RUITERKAMP (63), Almen, Gorssel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Dominique SCHANDALAT (57), Uffholtz, 68700, Haut-Rhin, FRANCE
• Bastiaantje van Esch (65), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertjen Wolters Ruiterkamp (63), Almen
• Geertjen RUIJTERKAMP (63), Almen (Lochem) Gelderland, Nederland
• "Johannes" "Joseph" VAN ESBROECK (53), Stoppeldijk/Pauluspolder, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 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)

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)
• May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• 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.
• June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• 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."

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