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Born on Sunday November 14, 1655
- Annigje Leenderts Verduijn, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel
- Adriana Jans Matthijs, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1717)
- Debora Kievit, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1695)
- Adriana Jansdr Dingemans Ardon, Hooge Zwaluwe († 1717)
- Anneken de Heer, Puttershoek
- Cornelia Jans, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1658)
- Aert Graeff van der, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Clara David Gijsbertssen, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriana Janse Ardon (Dingmans), Zwaluwe
- Dieuwertje Kievit, Rotterdam, NL
Died on Sunday November 14, 1655
- Kornelis Bastiaansz Vernel (5), Zwartewaal, zh.nld
- Neeltje Cornelisd MUS (1)
- Niesje Pieters (50)
- Sijtske Jacobs, Den Burg, Texel
- William ADDAMS (0), Soham, Cambridgeshire, England
- Jannetje Hendricks (4), Leiden
- Adriana Jans Jans (71), Rijsbergen-Nederland
- Barbara van den Heuvel (3), Rotterdam
Born on November 14
- 1531 » Richard Topcliffe, English torturer († 1604)
- 1601 » John Eudes, French priest and missionary († 1680)
- 1650 » William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland († 1702)
- 1663 » Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer († 1712)
- 1719 » Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1787)
- 1765 » Robert Fulton, American engineer, Early steamboat pioneer († 1815)
- 1771 » Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist († 1802)
- 1776 » Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist († 1847)
- 1777 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician († 1859)
- 1778 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer († 1837)
Died on November 14
- 1539 » Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot
- 1556 » Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)
- 1633 » William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
- 1687 » Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
- 1691 » Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- 1716 » Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
- 1734 » Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
- 1739 » Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (b. 1683)
- 1746 » Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
- 1749 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Joannes
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- Petrus
- John
- Jean
- Thomas
- Jacobus
- Leendert
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Neeltje
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Joanna
- Lijsbeth
- Trijntje
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Mary
- Jannetje
- Johanna
- Margaretha
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.
- April 23 » The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
- 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.
- 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 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.