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Born on Monday August 30, 1655
- Arnoldus Jansz. van der Poel, Heesch-Meijerij
- Maria Gerardi Stoffels, Meerle, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
- Anna Lucas Brummelbos, Vollenhove
- Johannes van Bochoven, Utrecht
- Sarah Bushnell
- Joanna VERMOUT, Oostrozebeke, 37010, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1704)
- Jean Maitland, Thirlstane Castle, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland († 1710)
- Maria Geert STOFFELS, Meerle, Antwerpen, België
- John 5th Earl of Lauderdale Maitland, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland († 1710)
- Thomas Mix, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1706)
Died on Monday August 30, 1655
- Isabella Cope (57), Kensington House, London, London, England
- Jan Langeveld (0)
- IJfje│Liefken baerts, Leiden
- Christina Freesen (45), Altharen Emsl Ger
- Jacobus BOUTEN (60), Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Isabel COPE (61), Kensington, Brompton, Middlesex
- Countess Isabel Cope (65), Kensington House, Middlesex, England
- Cornelia Kersemans, Rijsbergen
- Leendert Jans (0)
- Reijnier Pietersz Oudewagen (34), Enkhuizen
Born on August 30
- 1574 » Albert Szenczi Molnár, Hungarian writer and translator († 1634)
- 1609 » Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor († 1668)
- 1609 » Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician († 1644)
- 1627 » Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher († 1705)
- 1716 » Capability Brown, British landscape architect († 1783)
- 1720 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread († 1796)
- 1748 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator († 1825)
- 1768 » Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist († 1812)
- 1797 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright († 1851)
- 1812 » Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery († 1869)
Died on August 30
- 1483 » Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
- 1500 » Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (b. 1443)
- 1580 » Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
- 1604 » John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)
- 1619 » Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
- 1621 » Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)
- 1751 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)
- 1773 » Peshwa Narayan Rao, Prime Minister of Maratha Empire (b. 1755, assassinated)
- 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
- 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
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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.
- 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.
- August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.