About the day » Sunday October 12, 1755Calender converter

• Anne Morris, Neen Savage, Shropshire, England († 1820)
• Anne Marie SCHEGUENE, Soppe-le-Haut, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Anthonie van Eck, Buren
• Anna Niewold, De Waal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1827)
• Anna Margareth Mueller, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York
• Allert Wibrands, Uithuizermeeden († 1789)
• Aile Cornelis, Schiermonnikoog († 1766)
• Anneken Rocus voor den Dag, Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1760)
• Anna Gerritszen, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Jans Blaauw († 1807)

• James Tremblay (52), Lachine, Quebec, Canada
• Elisabeth Bald (66), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacob DEKKER (48), Puttershoek, Nederland
• Adriana Teunisse Antonii (56), Mierlo (NL)
• Cornelis IJsbrandsz GROEN (2)
• Jan Berents TRIP (15), Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jacques Tremblay (51), Lachine, Quebec, Canada
• Gerhard Heinrich Plogmann (20), Mentrup, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Kornelis Cornelisz Leemans, de Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Francisca KESTENS (41), Pamel

• 1687 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer († 1750)
• 1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)

• 1646 » François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
• 1654 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)
• 1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
• 1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)

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.
• July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
• 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 October 12, 1755 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.