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• Cornelia van Son, Tiel († 1833)
• Catherine Mostolat, Gourdon,46300,Lot,Occitanie,FRANCE († 1838)
• Captain Joel Gaylord, Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States († 1829)
• Anna Ida TOUMSIN, Verviers, 63079, Liège, Belgique
• Cornelia Son, van, Tiel († 1833)
• Cornelia, Son van, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1833)
• Agatha Cakebeke, Landskouter († 1836)
• Elisabeth Danielsdr. van Veen, Voorburg († 1828)
• Elisasabeth Danielsdr (Lijsje) van Veen, Voorburg († 1827)
• Dirk Kikkert, Texel († 1796)

• Joannes van Bommel (2), Amsterdam
• Dirk Dalenberg, Schoorl
• Maria Margaretha Therese Camille van Lévis-Mirepoix (75)
• Jacob Temminck (78)
• Teunis Pietersz TROOST (20), Ouddorp
• Mehetabel Porter (15), Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Maria Magdalena Carstens (44)
• Maria Helena "Magdalena" Hars aka, Karstens, Carstens (43)
• Margaretha Du Bois (78), Delft
• Adriana Jans van Hassel (44), Zundert

• 1706 » Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German philosopher and judge († 1772)
• 1710 » Sarah Fielding, English author († 1768)
• 1715 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern († 1797)
• 1723 » John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1786)
• 1725 » Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer († 1805)
• 1738 » Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Finnish poet († 1776)
• 1763 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and author († 1832)
• 1768 » Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » William Wirt, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General († 1834)
• 1788 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator († 1853)

• 1658 » Witte de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)
• 1674 » John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
• 1719 » Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
• 1773 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)

• 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.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion 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.
• 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 November 8, 1755 was about 3.0 °C. There was 158 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw regen storm(achtig).