About the day » Saturday July 8, 1775Calender converter

• Geert de Boer, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1843)
• Gottfried Orttlin "Örttlin", Hochdorf bei Kirchheim, Donaukreis, Wuerttemberg († 1775)
• Harmen Johannes Notting, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Gerarda Middelkoop, Culemborg
• Elisabeth Albertsdr Vree, Amsterdam († 1832)
• Hendrik Baggen, Geleen († 1840)
• Gebke Behrens, Timmel,Aurich (Ostfriesland)
• Barbara Cuppen, Escharen
• Harmen Notting, Leeuwarden († 1834)
• Cornelis Haak, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland

• Teunis Ganseboom (59), Olst
• Teunis Derksen Ganzeboom (59), Colmschate
• Jannetje van der Hart, Leiden
• Lucas François Jacopssen de Dankaertseeke (71)
• Margaretha Jessen (51), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Luc François Jacobsen (71)
• Joanna Maria Jennemaria Philips Heesmans HEZEMANS (75), Vessem, 4320, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik van Bokkem (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Teunis GANSEBOOM (59), Olst
• Teunis Ganseboom Op De Noort, "de Noort" in Rande

• 1760 » Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic († 1826)
• 1766 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon († 1842)
• 1779 » Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect († 1851)
• 1819 » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer († 1907)
• 1830 » Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1915)
• 1831 » John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola († 1888)
• 1836 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1914)
• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1838 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company († 1917)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)

• 1689 » Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
• 1695 » Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
• 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
• 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
• 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
• 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)

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)
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
• December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The temperature on July 8, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: wat dauw.