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• Alexander Josephus Jacques, Woumen,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1829)
• Berent Mollink Meulink († 1831)
• Anna Roest van der, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Aises, Scharnegoutum, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Bauermann († 1772)
• Antonius van Aelst, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Anskje Sipkes, Veenwouden
• Berend Meulink, Hellendoorn, Daarle († 1831)
• Almt Margareta (Almuth) Janssen, Fortasse, Riepe, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1832)
• Anskje Sipkes, Veenwouden, Frslnd, Nthr

• Jean Marie De Bourbn (6), Paris, Seine, France
• Hendrik Hendriksz van Oosterom (81), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Joseph Levesque (0), Repentigny, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Maria Vanheusden (60), Bilzen
• Adriana Caroline van Harff (67)
• Elizabeth NIGHTINGALE (23), London, Middlesex
• Grietje Louwes Schouten* (34), Urk (Fl.)
• Maria Mechtildis Diederen (44), Schinnen
• Gerritje Jans Smit (47), Huijsen
• Madeleine Joseph DELEBAR (1), Lille (Saint-Pierre), 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 1700 » José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician († 1770)
• 1724 » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland († 1779)
• 1744 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom († 1818)
• 1762 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic († 1814)
• 1773 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist († 1854)
• 1795 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist († 1873)
• 1827 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1896)
• 1832 » James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer († 1886)
• 1857 » John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist († 1938)
• 1861 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress († 1931)

• 1715 » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 » John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 » James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1795 » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1798 » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 » Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• 1825 » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Hendrik
5. Cornelis
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. Joanna
8. Cornelia
9. Grietje
10. Trijntje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Antje
14. Adriana
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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.
• 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 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
• 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 May 19, 1755 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.