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• Anna Emous
• Adriaan Laban, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1833)
• Anna Catharina Wocken, Bersede
• Aart Anthonijszn van den Berg, Overschie († 1810)
• Andries Andriesz Hartsinck, Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1811)
• Aert van den Berg, Overschie (Rotterdam) († 1810)
• Bartholomeus Peters, Oeffelt, Boxmeer, NL († 1817)
• Abraham Adriaan Stoop, Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands († 1811)
• Bartolomeus Janssen, Oeffelt († 1817)
• Aert Anthonis van den BERCH, Overschie

• Bastiaan Baltensz. Schrijver (51), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Huinink, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina BRUGHMANS (81), Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Gerrit Pieterse POOT (0), Pinacker
• Johann Henrich hellmandel (60), Worms, Hessen, Duitsland
• Maria Kool (2)
• Marrijtje Aarts, Barneveld
• Eliphaz Dow (53)
• Ida Clerx (51), Bilzen
• Albertus Roelofs

• 1698 » Henry Baker, English naturalist († 1774)
• 1720 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1764)
• 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

The temperature on May 8, 1755 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.