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- Joannes Henricus HOPPENBROUWERS, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1732)
- Elisabeth Meyvis, Meer,Antwerpen,Belgium
- Henrica Ollemans, Oirschot
- Jean van BEYLEN, Grobbendonk, 2280, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Darya Petrovna NN († 1696)
- Joannes Henricus Eijmbrecht de Hoppenbrauwer, Oirschot
- Sybille ten Nuyl, Deventer,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1724)
- Francois Johan van Deuverden, Utrecht († 1679)
- Sir John "MP" Hotham 3rd Baronet, Scorborough, Yorkshire, England († 1691)
- Joanna Vermeiren, Moorsel († 1731)
Died on Monday August 2, 1655
- Guilliam Bogaert (53), Hengstdijk, Hulsterambacht, Zeeland, Nederland
- Johan Stachouwer Heer van Schiermonnikoog (57), Blaricum, N.H
- Toussaint AMIARD (45), Mayenne,53100,Mayenne,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
- Maria Truyman (18), Stekene
- Johan Stachouwer (57), Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Nederland
- Johan Stachouwer (57)
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- Herman van Dedem (78), Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland
- Herman van Dedem (78), Zwolle
Born on August 2
- 1612 » Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn († 1642)
- 1627 » Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter († 1678)
- 1630 » Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch († 1704)
- 1646 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer († 1715)
- 1672 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar († 1733)
- 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
- 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
- 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
- 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
- 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
Died on August 2
- 1511 » Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
- 1512 » Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
- 1589 » Henry III of France (b. 1551)
- 1605 » Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
- 1611 » Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
- 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
- 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
- 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
- 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
- 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
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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.
- 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.