It is named after André-Marie Ampère ( 1775 – 1836 ), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics.

* 1775 – Daniel O ' Connell, Irish politician ( d. 1847 )

* 1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus ( d. 1775 )

André-Marie Ampère ( 20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836 ) was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as " electrodynamics ".

* 1775 – 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.

* 1757 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress ( d. 1775 )

* 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins ; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

* 1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.

* 1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator ( d. 1870 )

* 1775 – Charlotte of Spain ( d. 1830 )

* 1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician ( b. 1775 )

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

# Lucien Bonaparte ( 1775 – 1840 )

*** House of Bourbon – Artois branch ( 1775 – 1883 )

The morning chocolate by Pietro Longhi ; Venice, 1775 – 1780.

* David R. MacGregor, Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775 – 1875 Naval Institute Press, 1988 ISBN 0-87021-895-6 index

* 1775 – Jane Austen, English writer ( d. 1817 )

* 1775 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer ( d. 1834 )

* 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

* 1775 – The becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag ( the precursor to the Stars and Stripes ); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

William Forbes Skene ( 7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892 ), Scottish historian and antiquary, was the second son of Sir Walter Scott's friend, James Skene ( 1775 – 1864 ), of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen.

The square was named after George III, a statue of whom was originally intended to occupy the centre of the square, but the turmoil and anxiety caused to the city's Tobacco Lords by the War of American Independence in 1775 and eventual British defeat in 1783, coupled with his ever more frequent bouts of madness had created mixed feelings toward the Hanoverian and so it was decided instead to commemorate Sir Walter Scott, which, incidentally, was the first ever memorial dedicated to him.

Walter Savage Landor ( 30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864 ) was an English writer and poet.

In May, 1775, he left for Canada in the company of Daniel Claus, Walter Butler, Hon Yost Schuyler and Joseph Brant.

* James Walter Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston ( 1775 – 1845 ) ( created Earl of Verulam in 1815 )

* James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam ( 1775 – 1845 )

* James Walter Grimston, 4th Viscount Grimston ( 1775 – 1845 ) ( created Earl of Verulam in 1815 )

* James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, 10th Lord Forrester ( 1775 – 1845 )

Walter May married Elizabeth Stanford of Strettit Place, East Peckham in 1775.

In 1775, five companies of Minutemen and five of non-Minuteman militia occupied this hill with groups of other men streaming in, totaling about 400 against the British light infantry companies from the 4th, 10th, and 43rd Regiments of Foot under Captain Walter Laurie, a force totaling about 90-95 men.

* September 17-Walter Savage Landor, poet ( born 1775 )

John Baskerville ( 28 January 1706 – 8 January 1775 ) was an English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and typographer.

* 1775 – Matthew Lewis, English novelist ( d. 1818 )

A French translation of the second volume by P. T. d ' Antelmy, with additions by Charles Bossut ( 1730 – 1814 ), was published in Paris in 1775 ; and an English translation of the whole work by John Colson ( 1680 – 1760 ), the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, " inspected " by John Hellins, was published in 1801 at the expense of Baron Maseres.

* November 9 – Thomas Girtin, English artist ( b. 1775 )

* December 19 – Joseph Mallord William Turner, English artist ( b. 1775 )

* December 27 – Charles Lamb, English essayist ( b. 1775 )

* July 18 – Jane Austen, English novelist ( b. 1775 )

* January 28 – John Baskerville, English printer ( d. 1775 )

The first record of the name " sweet potato " is found in the Oxford English Dictionary of 1775.

The motivations for the English Civil War ( 1642 – 51 ), the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 83 ), and French Revolution ( 1789 – 99 ) partly derived from the desire of the bourgeoisie to rid themselves of the feudal trammels and royal encroachments upon their personal liberty, commercial rights, and the ownership of property.

In 1565, the Spanish named " Carlos Bay ," followed by the English in 1775 who named the area Charlotte Harbor in tribute to the Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III.

Joseph Mallord William Turner RA ( 23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851 ) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist, and printmaker.

The earliest English law list, published in 1775, lists 165 members of the Bar, of whom 14 were Queen's Counsel, a proportion of about 8. 5 %.

Fought on December 9, 1775, in the early days of the American Revolutionary War, the battle resulted in the removal of Lord Dunmore and all vestiges of English Government from the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

Elizabeth had married John Knowles, son of an English immigrant, and Knowles inherited the entire estate upon her death around 1775.

* Dawson Turner ( 1775 – 1858 ), English banker and botanist

* J. M. W. Turner ( 1775 – 1851 ), English painter

The three English artists credited with establishing watercolor as an independent, mature painting medium are Paul Sandby ( 1730 – 1809 ), often called " the father of the English watercolor ", Thomas Girtin ( 1775 – 1802 ), who pioneered its use for large format, romantic or picturesque landscape painting, and Joseph Mallord William Turner ( 1775 – 1851 ), who brought watercolor painting to the highest pitch of power and refinement and created with it hundreds of superb historical, topographical, architectural and mythological paintings.

* John Phillips ( c. 1709 – 1775 ), English master carpenter

Modernist republicanism openly influenced the foundation of republics during the Dutch Revolt ( 1568 – 1609 ), English Civil War ( 1642 – 1651 ), American Revolution ( 1775 – 1783 ), and the French Revolution ( 1789 – 1799 ).