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Born on Friday May 5, 1775
Died on Friday May 5, 1775

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 5, 1775 at Delpher


Born on May 5

Died on May 5

Names that were popular for boys in 1775
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1775
  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. Elizabeth
  15. Aaltje
  16. Janna

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1775
  • 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)
  • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
  • June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • 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.
  • August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
  • 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.
Weather May 5, 1775

The temperature on May 5, 1775 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder weerlicht.

Source: KNMI