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• Aukje Gabes Schut († 1831)
• Cornelis Ham, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betty Glendinning, Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
• Arij GUIJS, Sliedrecht
• Cornelis Willemsz Ham, Aarlanderveen († 1856)
• Anne BOUCHY, Rémilly (57), France († 1823)
• Douwe Andries Meinsma, Makkum
• Diewertje Cornelis Oud, Lutjebroek, NH, Nederland († 1828)
• Dingeman Pietersz Giltaij, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1843)
• Cornelis EMMEN, Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1816)

• Abraham Teunis Klijn Vorstelman (45), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Pieterse Krul (52), Scheveningen
• Cornelis Pieterszn Krul (52), Scheveningen
• Christine Anna Louise Oswaldine van Salm-Salm (68), Antwerpen
• Cornelis Pieterse Krul (52)
• "Christine Anna" Luise Oswaldine zu Salm (68), Hoogstraeten, Belgique
• Gerrit van Duijn (45), Schiedam
• Antonia Josepha Driebeek (0), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Cornelis Pieters Crul Krul (52), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) (Zuid-Holland)
• Hannah Harden Levering (38)

• 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
• 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
• 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
• 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
• 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
• 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
• 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
• 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
• 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)
• 1846 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1906)

• 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
• 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
• 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
• 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)

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. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
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)
• 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.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• 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.
• September 11 » Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

The temperature on August 19, 1775 was about 27.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.