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March 7, 1655Born on Monday March 8, 1655
- Marie AUFFRET, Gourin, 56110, France († 1695)
- Frederik Wolpher Van Overschie, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1727)
- Meerten Dames Jonge, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catharina Feyckes († 1691)
- Richard Hunt, Port Royal, Southampton, Bermuda
- Jacqueline Stroobants
- Marie-Ursule Boucher, Trois-Rivières († 1733)
- Maarten Damisse de Jonge, Steenbergen († 1723)
- Jacobus I VAN DEN BROECK, Langdorp († 1729)
- Maria Limpens (Lumpens), Schinnen, Nederland
Died on Monday March 8, 1655
- Cornelis Esseboom, Strijen
- Dorothea van Einsiedel (47), Arnsdorf, Saksen
- Maria Sweerts de Landas (34)
- Elizabeth Margaret Ann Upton 10 E (47), Lower, Norfolk, Virginia Colony
- Maria Sweerts (34), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
- Esther Ledgard (37), Mirfield parish, West Yorkshire, England
- Cornelis Jacobsz Esseboom (35), Strijen
- Maria Sweer(t)s (40), Den Haag
- Pauwels Kerstkens
- Willem Ariens Craeck (66), Charlois,Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on March 8
- 1518 » Sidonie of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg († 1575)
- 1550 » William Drury, English politician († 1590)
- 1566 » Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer († 1613)
- 1658 » Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, British Baron († 1730)
- 1712 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist († 1780)
- 1714 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer († 1788)
- 1726 » Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1799)
- 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
- 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
- 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
Died on March 8
- 1466 » Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
- 1550 » John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)
- 1619 » Veit Bach, German baker and miller (b. 1550)
- 1641 » Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (b. 1587)
- 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
- 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
- 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
- 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
- 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
- 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
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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.
- 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.