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• ADRIANA BLOK, Arnemuiden
• Anneke Jolink, Hummelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Oud, Wervershoof († 1815)
• Arent Annes Douws, Loon (Rolde) († 1809)
• Abraham Kloek, Leiden
• Adriana Keus († 1778)
• Annegien JACOBS, Engelbert, Groningen, Nederland († 1845)
• Aaltje Gelderman, Heerde (Veessen), Nederland († 1860)
• Aaltje van Leeuwen, Wilsveen, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1777)
• Annigjen Oomkes, Engelbert († 1845)

• Judocus Vercauteren (75), Melsele
• Jan Jannis Aertzen (48), Rotsterhaule
• Joannes van den BULCK (60), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Elsje Slijkhuizen
• Martje Kneppel (59), Huisduinen
• Margaretha Lisbeth Frahlmann (38), Dissen, Dld
• Melchiorus Peeters (61), Scherpenheuvel
• Anna Quadvlieg, Schaesberg, Landgraaf
• Gertje SIEGERS (35), Ie (Ee), East-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Jean François Miquet (89), Leforest

• 1755 » Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge († 1810)
• 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
• 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
• 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
• 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
• 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
• 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
• 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
• 1801 » Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess († 1865)
• 1806 » Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess († 1868)

• 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
• 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
• 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
• 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)

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. Johann

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Marie
7. Trijntje
8. Elisabeth
9. Joanna
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
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)
• 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."
• August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.

The temperature on May 21, 1775 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.