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• Antonius Toni MEIJERMAN, Wertherbruch,, DUITSLAND
• Cornelia Grimmelikhuijsen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1757)
• Christina Versteegh, Amerongen († 1849)
• Christina van de Meer, Tilburg
• Anna Maria Seraphina LEMAHIEU, Beselare,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1827)
• Bartje JOHANNES, It Hearrenfean (Heerenveen), Skoatterlân, It Hearrenfean, Fryslân, Nederland († 1790)
• Anna Arnold, of Exeter, Kings, Rhode Island, United States
• Cornelia Janse Ruygrok, Lisse († 1797)
• Anna Maria Castelijns, Goirle
• Cornelia Ruijgrok, Lisse

• Bastiaan Bastiaans WEIJ (56), Poortugaal
• Grietje Ariens Ruijtenberg (47), Oud-Beijerland
• Jannis Jans Aarzen (0), Giethoorn
• Isebrandus (Eijbe) Peters (Noeyen (52), Bakel en Milheeze
• Gertrud Winckelmann (57), Klinke,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
• Hendrik Tenkink (63), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johann Friedrich Stötzer (65), Catterfeld, Duitsland
• Guillielmus VAN DE MAELE (67), Erembodegem, 41002, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Bastiaan Bastiaansz Weij, Poortugaal
• Isbrandus Petrus NOOIJEN (52), Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1713 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna († 1749)
• 1732 » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame († 1792)
• 1745 » John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States († 1829)
• 1750 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony († 1827)
• 1758 » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician († 1834)
• 1766 » Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist († 1852)
• 1777 » Alexander I of Russia († 1825)
• 1790 » Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar († 1832)
• 1793 » Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan († 1863)
• 1804 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic († 1869)

• 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
• 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
• 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
• 1763 » Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)
• 1771 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
• 1779 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1789 » Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)
• 1795 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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 23, 1755 was about 4.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.