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• Aagje Waasdorp, Zandvoort († 1826)
• Andries Poppe, Serooskerke
• Albert Meursinge, Meppel († 1840)
• Aagje Jans Waasdorp, Zandvoort († 1826)
• "Arie"n van WILLIGEN, Brakel († 1820)
• Alida van Swieten, Amsterdam
• Aikle Reinders, Leens
• Andreas Daniëls van Lockven, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1755)
• Aaltje Berends (Timmer), Barneveld
• Andries Janse Poppe, Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL († 1816)

• Anne KERHERVÉ (46), Kergloff,29270,Finistère,BRETAGNE,FRANCE, Clehelvez
• Anna Maria WEIß (68), Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl, D-79353, Kreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg
• Elizabeth GROSTON de SAINTE ANGE de BELLERIVE (36), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Elizabeth Coggeshall (68)
• Gerard Douw (1)
• Geertruij Gerrits Naves (15), Amerongen
• Adriana Vis (43), Haamstede gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld, NL
• Anna Margaretha Theuerkauf (70), Burgstall,Börde,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
• John Sefton (36), Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
• Elsken .......?, Repelen

• 1741 » Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist († 1816)
• 1744 » Nicolas-Germain Léonard, French poet and novelist († 1793)
• 1750 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer († 1848)
• 1751 » James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States († 1836)
• 1753 » François Amédée Doppet, French general († 1799)
• 1760 » Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer († 1832)
• 1766 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer († 1875)
• 1771 » Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter († 1835)
• 1773 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province († 1836)
• 1774 » Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer († 1814)

• 1649 » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
• 1679 » John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
• 1721 » James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
• 1736 » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
• 1737 » Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
• 1738 » George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
• 1747 » Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)

• 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.
• April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• 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 March 16, 1755 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken.