About the day » Wednesday August 13, 1755Calender converter

• Antoni DUENK, Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Gerritje Rinkes, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Geritje, Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Harmen BENGEVOORT, Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 1815)
• Fransisca Jacoba Lievens, Uitkerke († 1782)
• Antonius Wauters, Kwerps
• François DEWASME, Hollain,7620,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Annetje Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
• Andries Steenpoorte, Sint Philipsland († 1823)
• Daniel Bergoin, Rotterdam († 1842)

• Mary Smith (58)
• Theodorus (Dirk) Kuijper (0), Huiswaard, Koedijk (nu: Alkmaar)
• Jan Gijsbertszn Klop (64), Hardinxveld
• Marie-Angélique Mercure (35)
• Jan Gijse Klop (63), Hardinxveld
• Gerardus Henricus Gebben (51), Geest, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Firmin HAYNAULT (73), BUIRE
• Jan Gijsbertsz Klop (63)
• Hendrika van Eem (7), Brummen
• Jan Gijse Clop (63), Hardinxveld

• 1700 » Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician († 1763)
• 1717 » Louis François, Prince of Conti († 1776)
• 1756 » James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d.1815)
• 1764 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general († 1813)
• 1790 » William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician († 1872)
• 1803 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic († 1869)
• 1814 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer († 1874)
• 1818 » Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist († 1893)
• 1819 » Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist († 1903)
• 1820 » George Grove, English musicologist and historian († 1900)

• 1667 » Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
• 1686 » Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 » Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (b. 1665)
• 1744 » John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 » Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
• 1766 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (b. 1726)
• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
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. Adriana
15. Elizabeth
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.
• April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
• November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

The temperature on August 13, 1755 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.