About the day » Sunday May 11, 1755Calender converter

• adriana cornelis BOER, molenaarsgraaf († 1814)
• Aart Cornelis Vierhout, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland († 1831)
• Aart Cornelissen Vierhout, Nunspeet († 1831)
• Aaltje Gerrits GRESHOFF, Twello
• Aafje Barends Slotenburg, Hoorn († 1819)
• Abraham Abrahams, Utrecht († 1800)
• Aalbert Klaasz KLIJN, Oud Loosdrecht
• Aafje Schoon, Kolhorn († 1836)
• Aaltje van der Kooi, Ryptsjerk
• Adriana Dirksdr van Hijningen, Monster

• Andries Cornelisz KRUITHOF (1)
• Christof Jacob Benz (76)
• Hendrik de Bie
• Maria Jans (28), Wapenveld (Heerde)
• Laurens Booij
• Anna Ongena (80), Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Belgie
• jean laurens poque (19), amsterdam
• Hendrikjen Hendriks van Berkum (30), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Elisabeth Gerrits van Wijk (39), Brielle
• Daniel Samuel Doolittle (79), Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

• 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
• 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
• 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)

• 1610 » Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

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. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 May 11, 1755 was about 10.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken.