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• Aart van de GRIENDT, Sliedrecht († 1823)
• Aaltje Kralen, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Leendertsdr Hoogendijk, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Aaltje KRAELEN, Meppel
• Antje van der Lelie († 1813)
• Aagje Pieters Douw, Nootdorp
• Adriana HOOGERWERF, Vlaardingen († 1827)
• Aleijdis de Kruijf, Langbroek († 1840)
• Albert Willems, Warfhuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Peters Douw, Nootdorp, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1804)

• Folkert Kornelis (Cornelis), Munnekezijl, Burum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Steeling (72), Neuenhaus (Dld)
• Dirck Jansz Ottevangers (31), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Michielsz CRIJTENBURG (8)
• Antonnetta Elisabetha von Hilten (1), Frankfurt am Main
• Barbe CALLENS (67), Hulste, 8531, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Geske Onnen (3)
• Charles Bagot Chester (31)
• Jan Brugman (74), Wehl
• François MILORD (62), Angles-sur-l'Anglin, 86260, France

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1632 » Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)

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)
• 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 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.
• August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• 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 25, 1755 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.