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June 5, 1655Born on Sunday June 6, 1655
- Anna Francisca Neve, Oude Graauw
- Dirck Huijbrecht van Veen, Maasland
- Antoon Buelens, Beigem († 1692)
- Jonathan Sackett, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1726)
- Jacomina van de GRAAFF, Dordrecht († 1734)
- Jan Dirksz. Bijl, Kethel († 1730)
- Dirck van Veen, Maasland
- Dirck Huijbrechtse van Veen, Maasland, Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dirck Gerritz van der KOOIJ, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Christopher Benson, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England († 1704)
Died on Sunday June 6, 1655
- Sijmen Sieren Van Der Heijde
- Tjerck Goslycks van Herema (79), Berlikum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Tjerck van Herema (80)
- Sijmen Sierensz van der Heijde
- Johanna Guérin
- Petrus Cornelis Soon Van Eynde (49), Wechelderzande
- Thomas DAKIN (56), Derby, England, United Kingdom
- Engel Centen
- Jacob Marx (1), Altenheim, Offenburg, Baden, Germany
- Jacques 2 BOURDON (76), Nouvoitou,35410, Frankrijk
Born on June 6
- 1580 » Godefroy Wendelin, Belgian astronomer and author († 1667)
- 1584 » Yuan Chonghuan, politician, military general and writer († 1630)
- 1599 » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator († 1660)
- 1606 » Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer († 1684)
- 1622 » Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer († 1689)
- 1646 » Hortense Mancini, favourite Italian niece of Cardinal Mazarin († 1699)
- 1661 » Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer and educator († 1756)
- 1699 » Johann Georg Estor, German historian and theorist († 1773)
- 1714 » Joseph I of Portugal († 1777)
- 1735 » Anton Schweitzer, German composer († 1787)
Died on June 6
- 1548 » João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1500)
- 1561 » Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1483)
- 1583 » Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
- 1659 » Nadira Banu Begum, Mughal princess (b. 1618)
- 1661 » Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1614)
- 1730 » Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French general (b. 1646)
- 1740 » Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
- 1784 » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
- 1799 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
- 1813 » Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Condé (b. 1739)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Jansz
- Gerrit
- Cornelisz
- John
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Jans
- Joanna
- Lijsbeth
- Elizabeth
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Mary
- Margaretha
- Jannetje
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.
- 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.
- 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.