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Born on Monday December 6, 1655
- Jonathan Jonathan Eaton, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1743)
- Henrica Bollen, Meijel
- Andreas van As, Lier († 1665)
- Grietje Lans, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1655)
- François VANDENBOOMGAERDE († 1717)
- Cornelis Leenderts Uuijttewilligen, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1739)
- Abram De Blois, Delft
- Egidius Van Kerckhoven, Bornem, België († 1720)
- Thomas Huybertsen, Amerongen
- Hannah Cutler, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1722)
Died on Monday December 6, 1655
- Eberhard Grote (62), Lüneburg, Allemagne
- Jacob Droogbroot
- Joannes Cornelius Colis (22), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
- Jan Jansz (jonge Jan) Stolp (70), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Hermke
- Christoph Opalinski Graaf van Bnin Paltsgraaf van (46), Tyszowce, Lublin, Polen
- Barbara Marinusdr Grave (25), Poortvliet, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Cornelia Smolderen (25), Tielen
- Tiabbe Sibrants (55), Noordbroek
- Frederik Cornelisz Lakenman (33), Enkhuizen
Born on December 6
- 1586 » Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist († 1670)
- 1592 » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle († 1676)
- 1608 » George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1670)
- 1637 » Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York († 1714)
- 1640 » Claude Fleury, French historian and author († 1723)
- 1642 » Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer († 1703)
- 1685 » Marie Adélaïde of Savoy († 1712)
- 1721 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician († 1794)
- 1721 » James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist († 1809)
- 1752 » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician († 1844)
Died on December 6
- 1562 » Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (b. 1495)
- 1616 » Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1618 » Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 » Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1675 » John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
- 1686 » Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
- 1718 » Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746 » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
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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.
- March 8 » John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
- 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 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.