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June 1, 1655Born on Wednesday June 2, 1655
- Antonia Lannssens, Kortemark West-Vlaanderen België
- Adriaen van der Laen, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Matthias Penris, Beek,, Limburg, Nederland († 1733)
- Abraham Marinusse Caboort, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Jacobus Beecken, Venray
- Susannah Brownell, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America
- Cornelia Petri Van Gorp, Essen († 1728)
- Dingetien Boom, Molenaarsgraaf, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Friedrich Hermann of Carel Fredrich Wolthaus, Wolthausen († 1721)
- Jacob Beecken, Venray
Died on Wednesday June 2, 1655
- Joannes Van Zeunen, Buggenhout (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Mary Endoe (45), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Maria Peters Jacquemijns
- Antie Hendricks (70), Beetsterzwaag
- Cornelis Centen (90)
- Jan Van Zuene (70), Buggenhout
- James Wallace (50), Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Cornelis Centen (90)
- Joannes Van Zuene (70), Buggenhout
- Jan VAN ZEUNE (70), Buggenhout
Born on June 2
- 1602 » Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia († 1628)
- 1621 » (baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter († 1649)
- 1621 » Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service († 1693)
- 1638 » Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon († 1709)
- 1644 » William Salmon, English medical writer († 1713)
- 1739 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island († 1815)
- 1740 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician († 1814)
- 1743 » Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer († 1795)
- 1773 » John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia († 1833)
- 1774 » William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician († 1850)
Died on June 2
- 1567 » Shane O'Neill, head of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (b. 1530)
- 1572 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1536)
- 1581 » James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1525)
- 1603 » Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1575)
- 1693 » John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621)
- 1701 » Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (b. 1607)
- 1716 » Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658)
- 1754 » Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680)
- 1761 » Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (b. 1685)
- 1785 » Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)
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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 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- May 19 » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 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.