About the day » Sunday May 11, 1755Calender converter

• Adriana Dirksdr van Hijningen, Monster
• Abel Radix, Bodegraven († 1793)
• Adam de Putter LANGENBERG, Rheden,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1822)
• Aaltje den Braven, Ammerstol, Nederland
• Aaltje Gaeles, Rijperkerk († 1814)
• Aaltje Pietersdr Spaans, Avenhorn
• Adriaan Bachman († 1846)
• Aafje Barends Slotenburg, Hoorn († 1819)
• Aart Cornelis Vierhout, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland († 1831)
• Aalbert Klaasz KLIJN, Oud Loosdrecht

• Josina Boeser (26), Dirksland
• Judoca Tergou (62), Waarschoot,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Henry Martin (83), Albemarle, Virginia, Colony, British Colonial America
• Grietje Thijssen Reijnders, Overloon (N.Br.)
• Georgia Dobbelaere (41), Mariakerke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Maria Anna van Spanje, van Bourbon (0)
• jean laurens poque (19), amsterdam
• Henry Martin Sr. (83), Albemarle, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States of America
• Josina Boeser (35), dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Isabelle Claire LOWIE (36), Staden

• 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)

• 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.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion 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.