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Born on Thursday February 25, 1655
- Anna Adriani Joannes Thomas, Tomas, Merksplas († 1720)
- Anna Katharina Gebel, Holzhausen, Wittgenstein († 1731)
- Beern Lenses, Langezwaag(FR) († 1713)
- Anna Katharina Goebel, Holzhausen (Curts) († 1731)
- Barthout Damasz van Slingeland, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1727)
- George Friderich Zeller, Stuttgart,Neckarkreis,Wuerttemberg († 1670)
- Beern Lenses, Langezwaag († 1713)
- Berent Jemminck, Hengelo
- Egidius Van Brakel, Heldergem
- Elisabeth Vinck, Reet († 1742)
Died on Thursday February 25, 1655
- Helena con Aswede
- John Mottram (45), Chicacoan, Northumberland County, Virginia, Colonial America
- Barbertje Willems, Amerongen
- John Mottrom (45), Chicacoan, Northumberland Co., Virginia
- Gerardine Impens, Herdersem
- gerrit tijssen (55)
- Cornelis CORNELISSE (29)
- Olivier le LEVIER (11), Plougonven, 29191, Finistère, Bretagne, France
- Framlingham Gawdy Senior Thetford Member of Parlament, Sheriff, J.P., Baron of West Harling, Knight, Sir (65), West Harling, Breckland, Norfolk, England
- Griete PIETERS (33), Grootegast, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
Born on February 25
- 1591 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and author († 1635)
- 1643 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan († 1695)
- 1663 » Peter Anthony Motteux, French-English author, playwright and translator († 1718)
- 1670 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician († 1720)
- 1682 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist († 1771)
- 1707 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer († 1793)
- 1714 » René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France († 1792)
- 1728 » John Wood, the Younger, English architect, designed the Royal Crescent († 1782)
- 1752 » John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada († 1806)
- 1755 » François René Mallarmé, French lawyer and politician († 1835)
Died on February 25
- 1536 » Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)
- 1547 » Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)
- 1601 » Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1566)
- 1634 » Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)
- 1655 » Daniël Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
- 1682 » Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
- 1710 » Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)
- 1713 » Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
- 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
- 1756 » Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
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.
- March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- May 19 » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 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.