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April 21, 1655Born on Thursday April 22, 1655
- Elberty Arentsen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland NL
- Conrad Nicolaus Kleijne, Osterwieck (Duitsland) († 1699)
- Anna Maria ver Lee, Elversele, O-Vl, BE († 1693)
- Anna Lauret (Lauweret), Zelzate (Belgi�),be, België († 1656)
- Anneke Wussum, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
- Aaltje Adriaans Oskamp, Lopikerkapel
- Adriaen QUACQ, Rotterdam
- Everard Drakenborch, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Bertje Aloffs Heuvenaar, Hall, Gelderland, Nederland
- Aeltgen Oscamp, Lopikerkapel
Died on Thursday April 22, 1655
- Anna Rijcken, Achterberg, Utrecht, Nederland
- Henriëtte Anna van Mühlheim (25), Nisowje (Waldau), Kaliningrad, Rusl
- Wouter den Engelse (55), Thionville (Moselle)
- Wouter den Engelse (55), Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
- jan reijnders vos (50)
- Bastiaen Joosten Vaes
- Fridli Heller (75), Wil, Zurich, Switzerland
- Hans van Asperen (58), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Barbara De Bisschop (88), parochie Sint-Jan-Evangelist, Teralfene, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Waalke Weerts (55), Noordbroek
Born on April 22
- 1592 » Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician († 1635)
- 1610 » Pope Alexander VIII († 1691)
- 1658 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1709)
- 1690 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1763)
- 1707 » Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright († 1754)
- 1711 » Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier († 1762)
- 1724 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic († 1804)
- 1732 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor († 1814)
- 1744 » James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts († 1808)
- 1757 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer († 1841)
Died on April 22
- 1585 » Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (b. 1550)
- 1616 » Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)
- 1672 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
- 1699 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
- 1758 » Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (b. 1686)
- 1778 » James Hargreaves, British inventor (b. 1720)
- 1806 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
- 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
- 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
- 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
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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.
- 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.
- 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.