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• Aagt Klaassen, NG Kerk Vollenhove
• Aart van Eck, Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Carsten, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1790)
• , Amerongen
• Anke Lammerts HOGEBOOM, Lutjegast (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands († 1822)
• Alida van den BERG, Dordrecht
• aaltje pieters goudswaard, klaaswaal (zuid holland)
• Aagtje Klaases [Bouwman], Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aart Hendriksz van Eck, Bennekom
• Ana Fonseca Cabral, Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brasil

• Henrich Linde (2), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Charles MABIRE (73), Séez-Mesnil, 27424, Eure, Normandie, France
• Ariaantje de Veer (48), Jaarsveld
• Jan Sakes (4), Dragten
• Jane Fouston, Preston, East Yorkshire, England
• Ary Stam (1)
• Jan Berendszn. Hooikaas (60)
• Fookeltje Gerrits (35), Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Jakob Solms (61), Berghausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Freerk Taekes (3)

• 1680 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1767)
• 1685 » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer († 1759)
• 1723 » Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher († 1791)
• 1744 » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman († 1812)
• 1792 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) († 1854)
• 1831 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer († 1880)
• 1831 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter († 1915)
• 1840 » Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator († 1921)
• 1842 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author († 1906)
• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)

• 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
• 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Hendrik
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. John
14. Dirk
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Cornelia
8. Joanna
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
• February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
• April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

The temperature on February 23, 1755 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken.