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• Elisabetha van Heerbeeck, Oirschot
• Christophorus Faes, Meer, Belgium
• Adam Adalbert Adrian Von Neipperg, BAVARIA, Austria († 1829)
• Cornelis Vermeij, Zwammmerdam († 1777)
• David Davidse, Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL
• Christina Lambreghts, Meer, Provincie Antwerpen († 1818)
• Dersken LUCASSEN, Hummelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Bertels, Beerse († 1812)
• Christophorus FAES, Meer, 13020, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anna Maria Balledux, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Elisabeth Vercuringen (66), Retie
• Joseph Anton Scheller (46), Marpingen, Saarland (D)
• Alexander Mackensie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexis Brunet (65), Québec Québec, Canada
• Johannes Cornelisze van Zeijst (63), Utrecht
• Geertje Ariens Haagh-(Hage) (88), Leerbroek
• Maria van der Gaarde, Delft
• Joanna Brion (55), Malderen
• Hermanus Rameckers (24), Klimmen
• Joannes Spruijt (61), Oudewater

• 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
• 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
• 1803 » Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace († 1865)
• 1808 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State († 1893)
• 1811 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company († 1861)
• 1817 » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen († 1895)
• 1823 » Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana († 1867)
• 1832 » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director († 1914)
• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)

• 1712 » Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1720 » Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 » Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)

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)
• February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
• 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.
• May 31 » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• 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.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
• October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).

The temperature on August 3, 1775 was about 19.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.