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• Anna Maria BEXKS BECKS, Woensel/Eindhoven (NL/NB) († 1816)
• Catherine Magdalena Sawler, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Amy DUCKWORTH (HEATH) († 1796)
• Anna Maria Hendrikx, Beek en Donk
• elizabeth MEERHOUT, puttershoek († 1814)
• Cornelia Klijn, Zevenhoven
• Anna Sophia Wilmot, Den Bosch († 1842)
• Frans Jacobsz Eelman, Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Anna Catharina Matthene, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerharda (Grada) Cornelia Meijman, Gendringen († 1841)

• Carolus Monteyne (0), Sijsele
• Ariën de Gier, Bruchem
• Maria Anna Hertroijs (42), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jans (68), Oudkerk
• Johann Albrecht van ALDENBURG-BENTINCK (37)
• Johanna Jansen, Brummen {GE}
• Johan Albrecht Bentinck (37), Terrington, Groot Brittanië
• Adrana Johanna Witte (25), Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Anna Hertoijs (42), Eindhoven, Staats Brabant, Nederland
• Johan Albrecht van Aldenburg-Bentinck (37), Terrington

• 1713 » Ferdinand VI of Spain († 1759)
• 1740 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan († 1813)
• 1771 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan († 1840)
• 1778 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1811)
• 1781 » Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1860)
• 1791 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic († 1865)
• 1791 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author († 1813)
• 1800 » William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic († 1873)
• 1819 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic († 1896)
• 1823 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia († 1902)

• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

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. 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)
• 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.
• 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.
• August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
• October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
• October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

The temperature on September 23, 1775 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: natte mist.