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• Antonis Mertens, Zundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arends Hartman, Hoogeveen († 1840)
• Arij van der Kraan, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van KAMEN, Dordrecht
• Antonis Mertens, Klein Zundert
• Arij van der Kraan, Maassluis
• Anna Theresia Janssens, Elewijt, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Ahazueer Jacob Prinsen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Graes, Neuenkirchen (Duitsland)
• Acke Wopkes, Heeg (WYM), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland

• Capt. Hezekiah Allen Sr. (82), Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Maria Petronilla van Heygen (van Eycke) (0), Temse
• Maria Joanna Degroote (72), Beselare
• Louis Anthonie van Oijen (71), 's/Hertogenbosch
• Barbara Theresia VANDEWALLE (Vande Walle) (55), Emelgem
• Cornelis Persoon (1), Naaldwijk
• Fleurie Marthoud (7), St Michel-sur-Rhône, Loire, France
• Johannes HERMANS (71), Bree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelis Persoon (1), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Geert Reinders Zwol (70), Steenwijk

• 1744 » Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor († 1804)
• 1761 » Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer († 1800)
• 1815 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator († 1888)
• 1816 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor († 1820)
• 1820 » Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick († 1892)
• 1821 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic († 1895)
• 1831 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec († 1901)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist († 1920)
• 1842 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic († 1922)
• 1845 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1921)

• 1678 » Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 » Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 » Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)

• 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)
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• 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 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

The temperature on August 16, 1775 was about 20.0 °C. Weather type: donder omtrent helder.