About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1775Calender converter

• Catharina VETH, Dordrecht († 1839)
• Adrianus van den Reijen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Gunst, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1853)
• Agatha de Jong, Nieuwkoop († 1808)
• Arij van Veen, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Catharina de Pestele, Vosselaar (B.) († 1836)
• Andrew Yearwood, Albemarle Parish. Surrey County, Virginia († 1860)
• Anthonie Paulusse Gunst, Scherpenisse († 1853)
• Antoine Francois VERCAIGNE, Roeselare,8800,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie († 1849)
• Carl Traugott Langer, Neudorf / Erzg

• Joanna Deckers (39), Weert
• Andreas-Augustinus Aelbrecht (28), Sint Niklaas
• Anna Margaretha Beckman (60), Lengerich (D)
• Jan Jansz Dalmeijer (72), Oudeschild, Texel, North Holland, Netherlands
• Jan Cornelis Snor (2), Oost-Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia van Dalen, Beverwijk, Nederland
• Jean Thiebaud BLONDE (0), Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Brentien Rosenboom (37), Beverwijk
• Egbert Roelofs KREEFT (33), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ploegmans, Oosterhout

• 1740 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
• 1746 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer († 1818)
• 1763 » János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author († 1845)
• 1800 » John Brown, American activist († 1859)
• 1801 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood († 1866)
• 1814 » John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright († 1880)
• 1823 » Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1824 » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author († 1896)
• 1825 » James Collinson, Victorian painter († 1881)
• 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)

• 1707 » Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 1736 » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 » Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 » John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
• 1760 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
• 1789 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)

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)
• March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
• 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 9, 1775 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.