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• Dirk Rooster, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1860)
• Francoise Bray dit Labonté, Longueuil, Québec, Canada
• Geurtje Everts, Bennekom († 1779)
• Carl Swensson
• Adrianus Cornelis MICHIELSEN, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1857)
• Cornelis Aalbertsz de Groot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1832)
• Gerrit van de Peppel, Barneveld
• Christine Althaus, Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1803)
• Cornelis Aalbertsz de Groot, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands († 1832)
• Cornelis (de) Groot, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1832)

• Angela Cornelia Delefortrye (37), Wulpen,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Matthijs Adriaansz. Weststrate (80), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Jannetje Rodenburg (31), Overschie
• Marie-Madeleine Jacques (66), Richelieu, Québec, Canada
• Dirck Wildschut (56), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Jean Charles TRICOTTEUX (67), Mennevret,02630, Frankrijk
• Maria Linders (51), Veldhoven
• Joannes Bodenstaff (0), Megen
• Arnoldus Janssen (2)
• Cornelia Schulproot, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1711 » Roger Joseph Boscovich, Ragusan physicist, astronomer, and mathematician († 1787)
• 1777 » John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist († 1852)
• 1778 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria († 1854)
• 1785 » John Wilson, Scottish author and critic († 1854)
• 1797 » Frederick Augustus II of Saxony († 1854)
• 1822 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist († 1896)
• 1835 » Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and 3rd chancellor of Syracuse University († 1908)
• 1850 » Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist († 1925)
• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)

• 1721 » Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)
• 1733 » Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
• 1780 » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
• 1781 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
• 1792 » Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
• 1795 » Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)
• 1799 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
• 1800 » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
• 1807 » John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
• 1808 » Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

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. Trijntje
7. Marie
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 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• 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.

The temperature on May 18, 1775 was about 11.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen helder bui.