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• Arie Willems van Tiel, Almkerk
• Henricus Kreitenberg, Warbeyen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Dirk Jansen, Putten
• Antonius CREUSEN, Wijlre († 1831)
• Arnolda, Ernestina) Simons, Beugen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1839)
• Adriana Markus, Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• CLAIRE-FELICITE Nadeau
• "Gerardus Anselmus" Geerit Geerit, Gemert, NL († 1814)
• Engelbert op de Laak, Venloo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Ana de Barros Freire, São Paulo, Brasil

• Anna Cornelisze van Lieshoudt (73), Cromvoirt
• Catharina van Hulst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johannes van 't Wout, Leiderdorp
• Engeltje Claverweijden (47), Noordwijkerhout aangegeven
• Joanna Beirens, Meire
• Catharina Mactelinckx, Strijpen
• Jean Baptiste Savard (71), Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada
• Casparus MEMERING, Esterwegen
• Elisabeth van Heelsum, Ellecom
• Anna VROENEN, Broekom (B)

• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer († 1899)

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

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. Elisabeth
8. Marie
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)
• March 8 » An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
• June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• 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.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
• 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.

The temperature on August 21, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder zeer betrokken.