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• Agnès Françoise Ursule Ghislaine de Moerman († 1815)
• Bartholomé De Causemaeckre, Opbrakel († 1823)
• Egidius Van Mol, Hoegaarden
• Geertje Cornelis Pik, Andijk († 1830)
• Elizabeth CARTER, Bocking, Essex, England († 1792)
• Anna Willems, Beverst († 1836)
• Egidius Coone, Sinaai, België († 1756)
• Adrianus Thys, Poederlee (Lille) († 1833)
• Clemens van Bergen, Minderhout, België
• Amalie Oelgarde von Schwicheldt

• Maria van de Modderbeek, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Katharina JENNY (81), Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland
• Jan Derk Hesselink (0), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Wilhelmus van MOORSEL (58), Tongelre, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert D'aubioul
• Patrick or Peter Bower (52)
• Sara Cornelissen, Zaamslag
• Elizabeth Wilder (76), Hingham, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Maria Petrus Jan Verreyt (39), Tilburg
• 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)

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