Famous Birthdays May 29 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, born in Salisbury, England (d. 1715) Born in 1675 Famous Deaths May 18 Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer (Mississippi river), dies at 37 May 18 Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, dies at 51 May 27 Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) Apr 1675 History by Year Jun 1675 What Happened in 1675 St Paul's Defies Bombing ConflagrationJune 21, 1675