* 1609 – Richard Bennett, English Governor of the Colony of Virginia ( d. 1675 )

* 1605 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician ( d. 1675 )

* 1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish theologian, historian, astronomer, and writer ( d. 1675 )

* 1675 – 1719 John Flamsteed

* 1675 – Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

* 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.

* 1602 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician ( d. 1675 )

They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

* 1613 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter ( d. 1675 )

His parents were Didier Diderot ( 1675 – 1759 ) a cutler, maître coutelier and his wife Angélique Vigneron ( 1677 – 1748 ).

James Gregory ( 1638 – 1675 ) observed the diffraction patterns caused by a bird feather, which was effectively the first diffraction grating to be discovered.

* 1675 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician ( d. 1750 )

* 1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer ( d. 1726 )

* 1675 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter ( b. 1613 )

* John Gordon ( 1673 – 1675 )

* Lady Anne Gordon ( 1675 – 1709 ), married Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton

* 1675 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy ( b. 1634 )

* 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler ( d. 1675 )

* 1615 – Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler ( d. 1675 )

* 1749 – William Jones, Welsh mathematician ( b. 1675 )

* 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer ( d. 1675 )

* 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and writer ( d. 1755 )

* 1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials ( d. 1719 )

* 1632 – ( baptism ) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter ( d. 1675 )

* October 31 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter ( d. 1675 )

Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (; 1632 – December 1675 ) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life.

* 1675 in art-Death of Johannes Vermeer

* Johannes Vermeer ( Dutch, 1632 – 1675 ) Delft School Dutch genre painter, unrecognised in his own lifetime

The Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer ( 1632 – 1675 ) was one among several who produced paintings including examples of virginals.

Mayor Johannes Hudde of Amsterdam in a way came up with the idea after he expanded the seadike after a flood in Amsterdam in 1675.

In 1675 Grenada was captured by Dutch Privateers, but luckily for the French, a French man-of-war arrived unexpectedly, and the island was recaptured.

* April 7 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter ( d. 1675 )

The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in the area, around 1675.

* Sir Cornelis Tromp, 1st Baronet, of Holland ( 1675 )-also created Ridder in the Dutch nobility, extinct 1691

* a road laid out by Dutch colonists of New Jersey before 1675

** Lucas Vorsterman, Dutch Baroque engraver ( died 1675 )

In the Dutch Republic, he served under Henri de la Tour d ' Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, frequently distinguishing himself by his skill and bravery ; and when Turenne was killed by a cannon shot in 1675, he commanded the rear-guard during the retreat of the French army.

Gerrit Dou ( 7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675 ), also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders.

18 June 1621-8 November 1675 ( buried )), was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker in etching and mezzotint.

Dutch influence over the kingdom was limited, though Hamzah and his son and successor, Sultan Mandar Syah ( r. 1648 – 1675 ) did concede some regions to the Dutch East India Company ( VOC ) in exchange for help controlling rebellions there.

Abraham van Diepenbeeck ( 9 May 1596 ( baptised )-May-Sept. 1675 ) was an erudite and accomplished Dutch painter of the Flemish School.

Cort Sivertsen Adeler ( 16 December 1622 – 5 November 1675 ), known in Denmark as Coort Sifvertsen Adelaer, in The Netherlands as Koert Sievertsen Adelaer and in Italy as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst, was the name of honour given to Kurt Sivertsen, a Norwegian seaman, who rendered distinguished service to the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, the Dutch navy, and also to the Republic of Venice against the Turks.

In 1675 Denmark joined the Dutch in the Franco-Dutch War ; Sweden then declared war.

His first house was designed by the English architect and scientist Robert Hooke, an architect of moderate ability whose style was influenced by French planning and Dutch detailing, and was built between 1675 and 1679.

* Jacob Willemszoon de Wet ( c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691 ), Dutch painter

Among the candidates for a living descendant of the Adamic language were: Gaelic ( see Auraicept na n-Éces ); Tuscan ( Giovanni Battista Gelli, 1542, Piero Francesco Giambullari, 1564 ); Dutch ( Goropius Becanus, 1569, Abraham Mylius, 1612 ); Swedish ( Olaus Rudbeck, 1675 ); German ( Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, 1641, Schottel, 1641 ) The Swedish physician Andreas Kempe wrote a satirical tract in 1688, where he made fun of the contest between the European nationalists to claim their native tongue as the Adamic language.