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• Dirk van der Meijden, Herwijnen
• Emmetje van Hoogdalem, Rotterdam († 1818)
• Cornelius Gelders, Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bastiaan Ariensz van Weerthuisen, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas van Raeij, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1812)
• Dorothea Elisabetha Spehr, Mecklenburg, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Coobs Stokman, Emlichheim,Grafschaft Bentheim,Deutschland († 1817)
• Bastiaan Waarthuisen van, Andel, NB, Nederland
• Christian Annas
• Anna Maria De Schutter, Merksem, België

• Huybert Jansz van Olsthoorn
• Ariaentje Hendricks Boot (70), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Willemsz van Roomen (4), Soest
• Huijberts Janz van Oosthoorne (70), Monster
• Huybert Jans Olsthoorn
• Adriaantje Hendricks Boot (70), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dorothea Johanna Albertine van Gröben (47), Berlijn
• Adriaantje Hendricks BOOT (70), Piershil
• Crelia Monster, Hekelingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Heinrich Reiners (Reyners), Bislich, Wesel

• 1675 » Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat († 1755)
• 1691 » Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator († 1781)
• 1728 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator († 1800)
• 1749 » Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright († 1803)
• 1757 » Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland († 1834)
• 1807 » Charles Henry Davis, American admiral († 1877)
• 1815 » Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar († 1872)
• 1821 » John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
• 1834 » Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1906)
• 1836 » Francis II of the Two Sicilies († 1894)

• 1710 » Higashiyama, Japanese emperor (b. 1675)
• 1711 » Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
• 1747 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
• 1748 » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1750 » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
• 1752 » Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1794 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
• 1809 » John Moore, Scottish general and politician (b. 1761)
• 1817 » Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
• 1834 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)

• 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 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.
• July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

The temperature on January 16, 1755 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder.