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July 26, 1655Born on Tuesday July 27, 1655
- JOHN (NEW JERSEY) WOOLMAN, England
- Johannes Stevens van der Berch, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Grietje Sijmonsdr. de Bije, Delft
- Jean Antoine de Bancalis († 1706)
- Elisabeth De Koninck, Heindonk
- Hendrick Schimmel, Vorden
- Willemina Walraven van der Hell, Arnhem († 1704)
- Maria LANEN
- Grietje Sijmonsdr. de Bij, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Gerardus Willems (Willen,Wilhelms), Spaubeek, Limburg, Niederlande
Died on Tuesday July 27, 1655
- Aert van Wyckerslooth (75)
- Pleuntje Hendricksdr. (35), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, NL
- pleuntje hendriks van DRIEL (35), strijen
- Pleuntgie Hendricksd van DRIEL (35), Strijen
- Bernard Mattheus (67), Kassel, Hessen, Germany
- Friedrich Eschwege (0), Eschwege, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
- Frederik van HESSEN-KASSEL-ESCHWEGE (0), Eschwege, Hessen
- Claesje Abraham Jobs (65), Ouddorp, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- Pleuntge Hendriks van Driel (30), Strijen
- Anna Catharina Dorothea of Salm-Kyrburg (41), Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
Born on July 27
- 1578 » Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond († 1639)
- 1612 » Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan († 1640)
- 1625 » Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich († 1672)
- 1667 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic († 1748)
- 1733 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer († 1779)
- 1740 » Jeanne Baré, French explorer († 1803)
- 1741 » François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer († 1808)
- 1752 » Samuel Smith, American general and politician († 1839)
- 1768 » Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat († 1793)
- 1768 » Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter († 1839)
Died on July 27
- 1469 » William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423)
- 1510 » Giovanni Sforza, Italian condottiere (b. 1466)
- 1656 » Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)
- 1675 » Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)
- 1689 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
- 1759 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
- 1770 » Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
- 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
- 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
- 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Joannes
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- John
- Petrus
- Jean
- Thomas
- Jacobus
- Leendert
- Dirk
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Neeltje
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Lijsbeth
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Mary
- Jannetje
- Johanna
- Margaretha
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.
- April 23 » The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
- 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 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.