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• Altjen Aletta SPECKING, Wertherbruch,, DUITSLAND († 1810)
• Arij Jacobs van der Spek, Kethel en Spaland (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, NL († 1796)
• Anna Jonkers, Doorn
• Aalt Aalten Santbergen, Ellecom
• Anna Margaretha Frese, Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbert Gijsbertsz, Ede
• Anna Faase Dashorst, Doorn
• ARIJ VAN DER SPEK, KETHEL († 1796)
• Aalt Sandbergen, Ellecom
• Arend Jan Morsman, Stad Delden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1818)

• Ida Neckers, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna Cornelissen van Egdom (1)
• Henrike Bennema (50), Noordhorn
• Johannes (4)
• augustin jh. GODART (58), Frameries (Belgium)
• pieter ROOS (51), mijnsheerenland
• Matthew St. John (69), Sharon, Litchfield, CT
• Catje (Caetje) Adriaans van der Vliet (51)
• Pieter Ariesz Roos (51), Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Elisabeth Schietecatte (69), Schorisse

• 1692 » John Henley, English minister and poet († 1759)
• 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
• 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
• 1803 » Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace († 1865)
• 1808 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State († 1893)
• 1811 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company († 1861)
• 1817 » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen († 1895)
• 1823 » Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana († 1867)
• 1832 » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director († 1914)
• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)

• 1712 » Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1720 » Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 » Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Hendrik
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. John
14. Dirk
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Cornelia
8. Joanna
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Adriana
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
• February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
• April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
• August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

The temperature on August 3, 1755 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.