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• Dirk (Durk) Jurjens
• Gijsberdina Lambert Verkuijlen, Boekel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1829)
• Guillelmus Ferdinandus Behiels, Sint-Niklaas, België († 1852)
• Adriaan Hoogenboom, Ouwerkerk († 1839)
• Andries Dirksz. Kloosterman, Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland († 1829)
• Guillaume Briels, Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Gijsbert Ghijsen, Elsloo, Nederland
• Aaltje Dirksdr. Valkenburg, Delft
• Abigail Thayer, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1811)
• Christine Gücker, Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1787)

• Anne Stewart (59)
• Lijsbeth Anthonijsdr Feteris (50)
• Christoffel, Christophore,Lucas Stoffelen (41), Roosendaal
• Judick Lengton (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Marie in 't Ven (43), Goirle
• Maria Verheije-Verheye, Poortvliet gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Maria Romeijn (59), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hannah Newcomb (61)
• Dirk Hottentot (59), Oostzaan, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Edward Slade (60), Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts

• 1730 » Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian († 1814)
• 1732 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher († 1806)
• 1735 » Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal († 1804)
• 1739 » Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician († 1809)
• 1752 » Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker († 1831)
• 1761 » Sybil Ludington, American heroine of the American Revolutionary War († 1839)
• 1769 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral († 1839)
• 1773 » Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, († 1839)
• 1773 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida († 1844)
• 1777 » Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist († 1851)

• 1717 » Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
• 1723 » Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (b. 1656)
• 1735 » William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (b. 1676)
• 1765 » Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
• 1767 » Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)
• 1768 » Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)
• 1769 » Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)
• 1794 » François Chabot, French politician (b. 1756)
• 1794 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)

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)
• 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.
• July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
• August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

The temperature on April 5, 1755 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.