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July 27, 1655Born on Wednesday July 28, 1655
- Petrus Bouwens van de VEN, Schijndel, 4178, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1725)
- Jasper Huibertsz van Wouw, Wassenaar († 1717)
- Geertruijt de Haen, Leiden
- Jacobus Tribels, Heerlen, Limburg, Nl
- Karel Gustaaf Oxenstierna Graaf van Södermöre († 1686)
- Hanns Waeber, Altstetten, Zurich, Switzerland († 1676)
- Catherine HUSSENET, Sainte-Geneviève, 54700, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1698)
- Elisabeth van Rijen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL
- Elisabeth Jansen van Rijen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL
- Brigitte Beate Zeller, Vaihingen an der Enz, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany († 1693)
Died on Wednesday July 28, 1655
- Leonard MORBIERS
- Zaccheus Bosworth (41), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Pieter Hasselaer (40)
- Anna Noye, Heldergem
- Marye Marie Bourguet (95), Tourouvre, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
- Maria Jans Hasselaer, Amsterdam
- Lijsken van Kerckwijck (40), Wijk (Aalburg), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Carel (Karel, Caerl) Carelsz de Haen (37)
- Leonard Cloud (51)
- Barbara Elisabeth Backmeister (0), Neuenburg, Germany
Born on July 28
- 1516 » William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman († 1592)
- 1609 » Judith Leyster, Dutch painter († 1660)
- 1635 » Robert Hooke, English physicist and chemist († 1703)
- 1645 » Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess († 1721)
- 1659 » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat († 1715)
- 1746 » Thomas Heyward, Jr., American judge and politician († 1809)
- 1750 » Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician († 1794)
- 1783 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer († 1860)
- 1796 » Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company († 1859)
- 1804 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher († 1872)
Died on July 28
- 1585 » Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (b. 1527)
- 1631 » Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569)
- 1655 » Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet and playwright (b. 1619)
- 1667 » Abraham Cowley, English poet and author (b. 1618)
- 1675 » Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)
- 1685 » Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)
- 1718 » Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
- 1741 » Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)
- 1750 » Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)
- 1762 » George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
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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.
- 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.