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May 28, 1655Born on Saturday May 29, 1655
- Catharina Spieker, Mettingen, Noordrijn-westfalen, Duitsland († 1694)
- Josijntje Harinck, Oost-Souburg
- Pieter Van Cauwenberghe, Overboelare († 1743)
- Jean BONNEAU, Mareuil-sur-Cher, 41110, France († 1724)
- Catharina Spieker, Mettingen, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1694)
- Margarethe Schwartz, Bocholt,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
- Catherina Spieker, Mettingen, Westphalia, Prussia († 1694)
- Adriaen Claes Peter Bruijnincx, Zundert
- Pierre SIMONNEAU, Saint-Jean-de-Liversay, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle Aquitaine, FRANCE († 1712)
- Gretien Winckelman, Rijssen
Died on Saturday May 29, 1655
- Meeus Claasz. (40), Brandwijk
- Tybena Wessels (90), Wesuwe
- Catharina Frissen (80), Hobbelrade, Spaubeek
- Joannes van Polfliet (12), Temse
- Catharina van Thoer (0), Roosteren
- Tybe Wessels (90), Wesuwe. Duitsland
- Pierre JUNEAU (25), Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec)
- Catharina Frissen, Hobbelrade (Spaubeek), Limburg, Nederland
- Blaes Claessen (48), Arnemuiden
- Bennett Pratt (78), Bridport, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Born on May 29
- 1555 » George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English Earl, general and administrator († 1629)
- 1568 » Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess († 1615)
- 1594 » Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal († 1632)
- 1627 » Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess († 1693)
- 1630 » Charles II of England († 1685)
- 1675 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher († 1715)
- 1716 » Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist († 1800)
- 1722 » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician († 1773)
- 1730 » Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer († 1803)
- 1736 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia († 1799)
Died on May 29
- 1500 » Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1451)
- 1500 » Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (b. 1423)
- 1546 » David Beaton, Scottish cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1494)
- 1593 » John Penry, Welsh martyr (b. 1559)
- 1660 » Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
- 1691 » Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
- 1790 » Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
- 1796 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
- 1814 » Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
- 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Jansz
- Gerrit
- Cornelisz
- John
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Jans
- Joanna
- Lijsbeth
- Elizabeth
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Mary
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1655
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- February 14 » The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
- March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
- December 18 » The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
- December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.