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• Dirk Jacobs Zijlstra, Deinum († 1852)
• Cornelia van Baalen, Teteringen († 1867)
• Gerrit Ouwes Kooistra, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1829)
• Adriaan Blaasse de Ridder, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Rosmulder, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1856)
• Garrit Jan Nijendijk, Lochem (Laren, Gelderland)
• Gerrit Ouwes Kooistra, Zwaagwesteinde († 1839)
• Cornelia Van Bael, Teteringen († 1867)
• Garrit Jan Nijendijk, Laren,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerardus Loermans, Beers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Margarethe Sprengelmeyer (44), Sutthausen
• Lena Jans van der Hout (42), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Lena Jansdr. van der Hout (42), 's-Gravenzande, ZH, Nederland
• Maria Kipping (80), Oudheusden, Nederland
• Catharine Howard, Dublin, Ireland
• Catharina Howard (35)
• Joost van Hemert (78), Kopenhagen
• Abraham Jansz. London (76), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Lena van der Hout (43), 's-Gravenzande (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Rinsfüsser "Rindsfüßer" (40), Osterspai, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• 1754 » Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist († 1796)
• 1755 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist († 1809)
• 1763 » Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor († 1826)
• 1763 » Kobayashi Issa, Japanese priest and poet († 1827)
• 1765 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician († 1831)
• 1765 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati († 1831)
• 1767 » Rachel Jackson, American wife of Andrew Jackson († 1828)
• 1777 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic († 1841)
• 1789 » Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist († 1883)
• 1792 » Thomas Mitchell, Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer († 1855)

• 1724 » Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (b. 1674)
• 1768 » James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
• 1772 » Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (b. 1694)
• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)

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)
• 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.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• 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.
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• December 9 » American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

The temperature on June 15, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: dampig omtrent helder.