The first was the visit to the capital in 1825 by the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 – 83 ) soldier the Marquis de Lafayette.

In 1775, Lafayette took part in his unit's annual training in Metz, where he met Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, the Army of the East's commander.

In 1775, Darwin met Elizabeth Pole, daughter of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, and wife of Colonel Edward Pole ( 1718 – 1780 ); but as she was married, Darwin could only make his feelings known for her through poetry.

In September 1774, the First Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, followed by the Second Continental Congress, which met from May 1775 to March 1781.

By the time the Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, the Battles of Lexington and Concord had already begun in April, and while delegates were still making their way to Philadelphia, which marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, after adjournment from Concord, met from April to July 1775 in the First Parish Church, the site of which is marked by a monument.

* In the 4th season 30 Rock episode " Winter Madness ", character Tracy Jordan accuses a Bostonian John Hancock re-enactor of lying after claiming to have met Attucks at a Sons of Liberty meeting in 1775, five years after his death.

The French painter Jacques-Louis David met Mengs in Rome ( 1775 – 80 ) and was introduced through him to the artistic theories of Winckelmann.

Hopkins was again elected as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which met on 10 May 1775 following the April attacks on Concord and Lexington.

In March 1775, Henderson met with more than 1, 200 Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals ( present day Elizabethton in northeastern Tennessee ).

In May 1775, under the shade of a huge elm tree, a three-day convention met.

After the American Revolutionary War began in April 1775 following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress met in May at the Pennsylvania State House.

The Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1775, following the Battles of Lexington and Concord in which colonial forces resisted a large British force on April 19 and drove it back to Boston.

The first formal movement for a navy came from Rhode Island, whose State Assembly passed on August 26, 1775, a resolution instructing its delegates to Congress to introduce legislation calling " for building at the Continental expense a fleet of sufficient force, for the protection of these colonies, and for employing them in such a manner and places as will most effectively annoy our enemies ..." The measure in the Continental Congress was met with much derision, especially on the part of Maryland delegate Samuel Chase who exclaimed it to be " the maddest idea in the world.

In March 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1, 200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals, including Cherokee leaders such as Attacullaculla, Oconostota, and Dragging Canoe.

The Assembly last met on April 3, 1775.

In January 1775 Committees of Safety from over twenty towns in the New Hampshire Grants area met in Manchester to discuss the need for independence from New York.

He represented his community in the New Hampshire Provincial Congresses, which met just after hostilities broke out at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and which later drafted the one hundred and thirty eight state constitution.

In 1774, Salvador was chosen to be a delegate to the revolutionary Provincial Congress of the colony, which first met in Charleston in January 1775.

Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac ( 8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793 ) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France.

It met secretly in December 1775 with a French intelligence agent who visited Philadelphia under cover as a Flemish merchant.

In May 1775, at the age of five, Bache met his grandfather for the first time.

He was a member of the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress, which met in Hillsborough on August 20, 1775.

The Marquis de Sade, who visited the crypt in 1775, wrote, “ I have never seen anything more striking ” ( Voyage d ' Italie, p. 106 of the Maurice Lever edition ).

* Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald ( 1775 – 1860 ), British Marquis of Maranhão, naval officer and radical politician

* Another striking feature is the town clock and Masonic hall, built in 1775 by the 6th Earl and 2nd Marquis of Antrim.

* The Ducal Palace ( current Town Hall, 1775 – 1806 ), built for the Duke of the Asinara in the 18th century.

In 1775, Marie Thérèse gave birth to a boy, Louis Antoine, who was created Duke of Angoulême by Louis XVI.

Also around 1775, Louis Philippe d ' Orléans, the future Duke of Orléans, schemed to create a rift between the King and his youngest brother.

# Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême ( 6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844 ) Louis Antoine d ' Artois

According to Worcester, about the year 1775, town records started appearing with the town's name spelled as " Hollis " ( after Thomas Hollis ), and both names were used until about 1815, after which, only the name " Hollis " appears "... while Holles, the name of the Duke of Newcastle, has passed into merited oblivion.

Their son, the 5th Duke ( 1748-1811 ) carried out improvements at Lismore, notably the bridge across the river Blackwater in 1775 designed by Cork-born architect Thomas Ivory.

In 1775 the Duke of Newcastle, at the time the Lord of the Manor and a major landowner of the area, built a new brick bridge with stone facing to replace the dilapidated one next to the castle.

* Antoine Philippe d ' Orléans, Duke of Montpensier ( 1775 – 1807 ) second son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

* The Duke of Grafton ( 1771 – 1775 )

In 1775, the Duke established the Cumberland Fleet, which would later become the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

Just outside of the city is the Pagode de Chanteloup, a 44 metre tall Chinese Pagoda built in 1775 by the Duke of Choiseul.

* Lord George William Frederick Osborne ( 21 July 1775 – 10 July 1838 ), later 6th Duke of Leeds ; married Lady Charlotte Townshend, daughter of the 1st Marquess Townshend, on 17 August 1797 and had issue.

* Anne Pierre, Duke of Harcourt ( 1701 – 1783 ), Marshal of France since 24. 3. 1775

* Charles, Duke of Fitz-James ( 1712 – 1787 ), Marshal of France since 24. 3. 1775

* Philippe, Duke of Mouchy ( 1715 – 1794 ), Marshal of France since 24. 3. 1775

* Emmanuel de Durfort, Duke of Duras ( 1715 – 1789 ), Marshal of France since 24. 3. 1775

** Honghan ( 弘晥 ; 6 November 1724-29 May 1775 ), born to Lady Cenggiya, granted the title of " Duke Who Receives Grace and Assists the Nation " ( 奉恩輔國公 ).

* George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds, de jure 13th Baron Darcy de Knayth ( 1775 – 1838 )

* Carlo, Duke of Calabria ( 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778 ), died of smallpox at the age of three

# Lady Mary Isabella Somerset ( 1 August 1756 – 2 September 1831 ), married Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland on 26 December 1775 and had issue

* George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds ( 1775 – 1838 ), eldest son of the 5th Duke

# Lady Mary Isabella Somerset ( 1 August 1756-2 September 1831, aged 75 ), married Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland on 26 December 1775 and had issue