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January 27, 1655 
January 25, 1655
Born on Tuesday January 26, 1655
- Paul Baar, Ketzelsdorf, Zwittau
- Hannah Kendall, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States († 1719)
- Christine DESBIENS, Gondecourt,59147,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1733)
- Joanes De Boeck, Pamel,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1666)
- Anna Van Espen, Berg Kampenhout
- Elisabeth De Cauwer, Hamme († 1746)
- William Seymour († 1657)
- Maria Jacobusdr, Diessen
- ROGIER BEHIELS, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1716)
- Peter August Peter van Loon, Wuustwezel (B)
Died on Tuesday January 26, 1655
- Janne (Janneken) Beerts (45)
- Philippus Haelterman (44), Aspelare
- Mathurin Étienne (45), Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, Saintonge, France
- David Sonmans (0)
- Janneken Beerts (45)
- Livinus Talboom, Stekene (B)
- Janne Beerts (45)
- Evert Morren (45)
- Louise Arsonnelle (47), Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, Saintonge, France
- Evert Morren (Keuyt) (45)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 26, 1655 at Delpher
Born on January 26
- 1549 » Jakob Ebert, German theologian († 1614)
- 1582 » Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter († 1647)
- 1595 » Antonio Maria Abbatini, Italian composer († 1679)
- 1624 » George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1705)
- 1657 » William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury († 1737)
- 1708 » William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1777)
- 1714 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor and educator († 1785)
- 1715 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher († 1771)
- 1716 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1785)
- 1722 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author († 1805)
Died on January 26
- 1567 » Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)
- 1568 » Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (b. 1540)
- 1620 » Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)
- 1630 » Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)
- 1636 » Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1641 » Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)
- 1697 » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)
- 1744 » Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 » Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)
- 1779 » Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)
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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 8 » John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
- March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- July 31 » Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
- August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.