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• Engel van Zee, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1868)
• Carolus Anet, Zarren,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Antonius Peters, Boxmeer († 1846)
• Apollonia Cornelisdr. Vink, Wassenaar († 1775)
• Arend Jan Garvelink, Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Strijbos, Deurne († 1867)
• Apollonia Cornelisdr Vink, Wassenaar Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1775)
• David DE WOLF, Lebbeke, België († 1847)
• Antonius Joannes Strijbos, Deurne († 1867)
• Christian Fückel, Trebur († 1854)

• Hendrina Gerrits Derks, Mook
• Izaak Baljeu (51), Koudekerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Claude Julien CHEDEMAIL, Janzé, 35150, France
• Isabella Raman (35), Destelbergen
• Ebenezer Laughton (23), Pepperell, Massachusetts
• Benjamin Prescott (22)
• Antonius Hendriksz van UDEN
• Hendrika van de WEGE (0), Dordrecht
• Adriana van der Saeken, Hoogstraten, Belgium
• Hendrik Herman Donker Curtius (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant

• 1718 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1796)
• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)
• 1810 » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator († 1876)
• 1811 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician († 1879)
• 1818 » Charles Gounod, French composer and academic († 1893)
• 1818 » Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands († 1877)
• 1821 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist († 1888)
• 1832 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist († 1919)

• 1719 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
• 1734 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 » Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)

• 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.
• April 18 » American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
• 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 June 17, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw.