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December 27, 1655 
December 25, 1655
Born on Sunday December 26, 1655
- Anthonij Landman, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1753)
- Bastiaen Pronk, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Catalijntjen Soet, Gouda
- Andreas Coith, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany († 1721)
- Anthonij Jansz Lantman, stavenisse (zeeland)
- Ariaantje Gerbrds HaasbroeK, Wassenaar
- Anthonie Janszn. Landman, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1753)
- Anneken Laurens, New Amsterdam, New York, Verenigde Staten
- antonij jansz LANDMAN, stavenisse († 1706)
- Ariaantje Cornelisd Bravenboer, Barendrecht († 1697)
Died on Sunday December 26, 1655
- Michael Hemeleir, Haasdonk (B)
- Geertruijd Adriaensd van der CHIJS (68), Rotterdam
- Geertruydt Adriaensdr. van der Chijs (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Gaspar Goovaerts, Duffel
- Maarten de Koning (10)
- Maria Harmensdr van Brederode (43), Wassenaar
- Gasparus Goyvaerts, Duffel
- Gaspar Goovaerts, Duffel, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Jean THOUY (75), Lacrouzette, 81128, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France
- Lijsbeth Wouters Verduijn (65), Rotterdam
Born on December 26
- 1581 » Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach († 1643)
- 1618 » Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist († 1680)
- 1628 » John Page, American politician († 1692)
- 1646 » Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter († 1709)
- 1687 » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer († 1755)
- 1716 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher († 1803)
- 1716 » Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar († 1771)
- 1723 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright († 1807)
- 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
- 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
Died on December 26
- 1458 » Arthur III, duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- 1476 » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan (b. 1444)
- 1530 » Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
- 1574 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1524)
- 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
- 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
- 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
- 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
- 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
- 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (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
- Lijsbeth
- Joanna
- 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.
- 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 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.