About the day » Monday August 14, 1775Calender converter

• Gijsberdina van Son, Nieuwkuijk, gem. Heusden, NB, Nederland († 1848)
• Anna Maria Brems, Ruisbroek, 2870, Puurs, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1831)
• Derk Haverkamp, Winterswijk
• Jan Dilling, Odoorn († 1818)
• Alida van Ruwaarde, Ter Aar (Korteraar)
• Antonius Mighels, Bladel († 1784)
• Franciscus Eusibus Vercraaije, Sluis
• Dingena Houtepen, Gilze († 1806)
• Adrianus van Kollenburg, Oirschot
• Barbara Theresia Vergote, Ardooie,, West-Vlaanderen, België

• Georg Selbach (0)
• Caroline Joseph CAGNONCLE (3), Villers-en-Cauchies,59188,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Laurens Storm van 's-Gravesande (70)
• Josephus Jaspers, Bakel en Milheeze, NL
• Maria Jannetta Duijmaer (61), Alem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Laurens Storm van 's-Gravensande (70)
• Adam Sims (46), Brunswick, Virginia, United States
• Jost Henrich Weyandt (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Alice Reed (50), Abington, Massachusestts
• Maria Stessens (56)

• 1714 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter († 1789)
• 1738 » Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor († 1793)
• 1740 » Pope Pius VII († 1823)
• 1758 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer († 1835)
• 1777 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist († 1851)
• 1814 » Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher († 1901)
• 1817 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1874)
• 1840 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author († 1902)
• 1847 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1922)
• 1848 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author († 1915)

• 1691 » Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1630)
• 1727 » William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1774 » Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
• 1784 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)

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 23 » American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
• April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
• September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• 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 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

The temperature on August 14, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.