About the day » Saturday January 4, 1755Calender converter

• Catharina Elisabeth BEEN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1823)
• Cornelis Snoek, Haastrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Anne Catherine Guns, Asse, Belgie († 1838)
• Adrianus van Buren, Rhenoy († 1831)
• Catherine Joseph SOLVAY, Rebecq, 25123, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Elsijn Alberts Zeven, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Charles Alexander, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States († 1834)
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Roosendaal, Beek en Bergh
• Cornelia van Sweth, Delft († 1825)
• Arent Rosenhart, Haarlem

• Adriana Corstiaens TIELEMANS, Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Femmigien Derks Gort (6), Hoogeveen
• Jan Corneliszn. Berghout (12), Rhoon
• Gerrit Jacobsz Bleij (49), Durgerdam
• Francis Sterne (89), Caroline, Virginia, United States
• Jana Verburg (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Femmegien Derks Gort (6), Hoogeveen
• N.N. Meert (0), Merchtem
• Jeanne CHOPINE (58), (Villechenoux)-Nantiat, 87140, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, FRANCE
• Adriana Andreas Joris Oomen (79), Oosterhout

• 1672 » Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop († 1742)
• 1710 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist († 1736)
• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)

• 1695 » François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

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)
• 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 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
• 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 4, 1755 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw.