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• Anna Elisabeth Vissers, Munsterbilzen
• Adriaantje Constandse, Nieuwerkerk, Schouwen-Duiveland, Z, NL († 1848)
• Catharina Dalmaijer, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina van Santen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Zwaanswijk, Haarlem
• Anna Hermans, Hoge Mierde († 1817)
• Bartha Stoeltjes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1854)
• Burg van Dalen, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1848)
• Antonius Fredericus Smeets, Strucht († 1839)
• Anna Hermans, Hoogemierde († 1817)

• Ariaen de Haen, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrika Gerrits Kruimer (7), Beekbergen
• Adelheid Christians Roskamp, Papenburg-duitsland
• Isabella Carola De Rantere (52), Oudenaarde,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Barbara Meerts (8), Dworp, Belgie
• Adriana Maria Bastiaen Janssens (25), Tilburg, Noord Brabant
• Catharina Christians Roskamp (29), Papenburg, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Elisabeth Commers (77), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bastiaan (67), Harderwijk
• Edward -Harrold HARROLL

• 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
• 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
• 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
• 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
• 1788 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic († 1853)
• 1815 » Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian († 1894)
• 1820 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer († 1893)
• 1828 » Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general († 1895)
• 1834 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty († 1904)
• 1835 » Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric († 1901)

• 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
• 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
• 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
• 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
• 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)

• 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 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• 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 2, 1775 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.