About the day » Sunday December 21, 1755Calender converter

• Adrianus Vermeij, Noorden (Nieuwkoop) († 1827)
• Alle Roelofs, Makkinga
• Anna Maria Holst, Hoog Keppel († 1809)
• Anna Maria van de VEN, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1820)
• Adriana MARIS, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1813)
• Anna Maria HANSEN, Munsterbilzen (Limburg) (B)
• "Maria Theresia" Boone, Oostende, België († 1829)
• Adriana Maris, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1813)
• Abigail Griffith, Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania († 1836)
• Annetje Horn, Alkemade

• Anna Fekkes
• Hermina Aarts Visch (6)
• Heiltje Jansen de Goyer (13), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Marie Francoise Proulx (33)
• Marie Elisabetha (68), Themar, Germany
• Willem Hayes Grouwstra (25), Jellum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Isaak KOOMEN (0), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Johann Friedrich Höchstetter (31), Weiler, Öhringen
• Petrus Constantinus Huens (24), Neervelp
• Anna Maria Hilling (85), Walchum, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

• 1714 » John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general († 1774)
• 1728 » Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer († 1778)
• 1778 » Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark († 1860)
• 1795 » Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder († 1883)
• 1795 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic († 1886)
• 1803 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic († 1894)
• 1804 » Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1881)
• 1805 » Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic († 1869)
• 1811 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop († 1882)
• 1815 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator († 1879)

• 1597 » Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1608 » William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
• 1610 » Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (b. 1539)
• 1701 » Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (b. 1659)
• 1807 » John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 » Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)

• 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)
• 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 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
• 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 December 21, 1755 was about 4.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken.