About the day » Tuesday October 21, 1755Calender converter

• Clemens Van Bergen, Minderhout, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Margaretha LUDMANN, Hinsbourg,67290,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE († 1817)
• Francijna van Bree († 1801)
• Claude Hilarion THIRION, Rebeuville,88376,Vosges,Lorraine,FRANCE,88 († 1764)
• "Agnès Françoise" Ursule Ghislaine de Moerman d'Harlebeke († 1815)
• Agnès Françoise Ursule Ghislaine de Moerman († 1815)
• Christianus Verhoeven, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clemens van Bergen, Minderhout, België
• Anna Willems, Beverst († 1836)
• Anna Catharina Segers, Aartselaar

• Christian von Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (66), Eschwege, Allemagne
• Jacobus van Schaick
• Christiaan van HESSEN-WANFRIED (66), Eschwege, Hessen
• Katharina JENNY (81), Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland
• Christiaan Landgraaf van Hessen-Rheinfels-Wanfried (66), Eschwege, Hessen
• Infant COULSON (0)
• Maria Verreijt (39), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Petrus Joannes Baetens (1), Zele, Belgie
• Maria Elisabeth Nollet, Menen, West-Vlaanderen (B)
• Margaret Sherwood (85), Talbot County, Maryland, United States

• 1687 » Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist († 1759)
• 1712 » James Steuart, Scottish economist and author († 1780)
• 1725 » Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal († 1801)
• 1757 » Pierre Augereau, French general († 1816)
• 1762 » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1818)
• 1772 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic († 1834)
• 1775 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic († 1844)
• 1790 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State († 1869)
• 1811 » Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone († 1863)
• 1821 » Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor († 1900)

• 1662 » Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)
• 1687 » Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
• 1765 » Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
• 1775 » Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
• 1777 » Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
• 1805 » George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
• 1805 » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
• 1805 » John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 October 21, 1755 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken.