About the day » Thursday January 23, 1755Calender converter

• Anna Lisbet Steenhoff, Huissen
• Aleidis Markslag, R. K. Statie 'Wegdam', Hengevelde (Goor) († 1791)
• Gerardus de Winter, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Burchardus Borgers, Hulhuizen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elisabetha Francisci van Gogh, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas († 1796)
• Anna Thijssen (Tijssen), Tegelen, Nederland († 1818)
• Clara Smith, West-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1785)
• Cornelius van Loon, Tilburg
• Geertjen Roelofs, Noordwolde († 1827)
• Dirk Lakeman, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1761)

• Gertrudis Penners (70), Munstergeleen
• Jacob SCHOT (56), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Gerritsz Brouwer (1)
• Carolus Van der Haegen (0), Herzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Graafschap Vlaanderen
• Johann Peter Pfaff (7)
• Huig Oosterwijk (0), Sluipwijk, Nederland
• Ariaantje Teunis Voskuijl, Eemnes-Binnendijk
• Gesiena Arends (68), Neuenhaus, Bentheim, Hannover, Duitsland
• Anna De Ruyver, Balegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Joanna Paschasia (Isabella?) DE LA HAYE, Nieuwpoort (B)

• 1719 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist († 1790)
• 1737 » John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts († 1793)
• 1745 » William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal († 1814)
• 1752 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1832)
• 1780 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general († 1827)
• 1783 » Stendhal, French novelist († 1842)
• 1786 » Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column († 1858)
• 1799 » Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire († 1858)
• 1809 » Surendra Sai, Indian activist († 1884)
• 1813 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist († 1895)

• 1744 » Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
• 1785 » Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)
• 1789 » John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)
• 1800 » Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
• 1803 » Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
• 1805 » Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
• 1806 » William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)

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.
• 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.
• November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

The temperature on January 23, 1755 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder.