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Born on Thursday August 19, 1655
- Aeltjen Jans, Sappemeer
- Hermen (Budding), Weurt (Beuningen)
- Berent Cocks, winterswijk
- Heyne Teunissen*, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
- ANNA PASMANS, Houthem († 1725)
- anthonij verhuet, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
- Gerrit Gerritszen Dorland, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, New York Colony († 1741)
- Heijne Hakvoort, Vollenhove
- Cornelis de Wijs, Amersfoort
- Gerret Gerretse Dorland, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, British Colonial America († 1741)
Died on Thursday August 19, 1655
- Cornelis de Wijs, Amersfoort
- Marguerite Delasechehaye (0), Mortier
- Gertrud Kreftsiek (65), Oesede, Georgmarienhütte, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Gertrud Kreftsiek (65), Oesede, Fürstbistum Osnabrück
- Niesgen Allertsdr van Hoeck
- Maria Hillegers Breda (45), Amsterdam
- Pieter Allertsz van Hoeck
- Adriana de Kanter (60)
Born on August 19
- 1583 » Daišan, Chinese prince and statesman († 1648)
- 1590 » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1649)
- 1596 » Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia († 1662)
- 1621 » Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet († 1674)
- 1631 » John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright († 1700)
- 1646 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic († 1719)
- 1686 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician († 1737)
- 1689 » Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher († 1761)
- 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
- 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
Died on August 19
- 1506 » King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461)
- 1541 » Vincenzo Cappello, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469)
- 1580 » Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
- 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
- 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
- 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
- 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
- 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
Names that were popular for boys in 1655
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Hendrik
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Jansz
- Cornelisz
- John
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1655
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Jans
- Joanna
- Elizabeth
- Lijsbeth
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Mary
- Anne
- Van
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.