About the day » Sunday August 6, 1775Calender converter

• Andries Pietersz Zonneveld, Naaldwijk († 1812)
• Aarjen Schagen, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Sijs, Tholen Zeeland Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Tentsz, Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Versloot, Woerden,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Sonneveld, Naaldwijk († 1812)
• Abram Versloot, Woerden, Zuid-Holland (na 1989 Utrecht), Nederland († 1826)
• Andries Pietersz Sonneveld, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1812)
• Andries Pietersz. Sonnevelt, Naaldwijk († 1812)
• Andries Pietersz Zonneveld, Naaldwijk († 1812)

• Vito "Lorenzo" Felice Ancona (34), Triggiano, Bari, Apulia, Italy
• Joannes Clemens (25), Marienberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Simon Périllard (44), Chambly, Chambly, Québec, Canada
• Pietertje Dirks Kuijt (39)
• Anna Maria LAUWERS (77), Rotselaar, 3110, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria Lauwers (77), Rotselaar, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Jan Cornelis van Houten (0), Den Helder
• Catharina Cornelia Steengracht (56)
• Dirk Hendrik (Dirk) Wiemeling (35)
• Aaltje Otten (4), Westbroek

• 1715 » Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author († 1747)
• 1765 » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1848)
• 1766 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist († 1828)
• 1768 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician († 1813)
• 1775 » Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin († 1847)
• 1809 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet († 1892)
• 1826 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author († 1915)
• 1835 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist († 1900)
• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1844 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer († 1896)

• 1679 » John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
• 1757 » Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)

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)
• April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
• May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
• November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

The temperature on August 6, 1775 was about 18.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen.