About the day » Sunday August 24, 1755Calender converter

• Andries Reinders, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1773)
• Anna van Tilborg, Rijswijk
• Adrianus van Breemen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1756)
• Aeltje Lezoen, Soest († 1851)
• Aafje Jansd Brak, Venhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1841)
• Adrianus Van Bremen, Naaldwijk (ZH district VIII) NL
• Aaltje Jansen Lesoen, Soest,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1851)
• Adrianus Jansz Kranenburg, strijen (zuid holland) († 1785)
• Aafje Jans' Brak, Venhuizen († 1841)
• Andries Akkerman, Giethoorn († 1808)

• GERSHOM FLAGG (87), Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Christian van Fürstenberg (66), Herdringen
• Anna Vereeke (45), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Joannes DE HERTOGH (76), Rossem, 1861, Brabant Flamand, Belgique
• Axel Gabriel Oxenstierna (76)
• Christian Franz Freiherr Furstenberg zu Herdringen (66), Herdringen, Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie
• Christian Van Fürstenberg (66), Herdringen
• Christian von Fürstenberg (66)
• Anna Catharina Ruffnacher (58), Möckmühl, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Petrus JANSSENS (0), Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1684 » Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, British politician († 1746)
• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)

• 1680 » Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)
• 1680 » Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)
• 1683 » John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)

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. Cornelia
8. Joanna
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)
• 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 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
• 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.
• September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

The temperature on August 24, 1755 was about 16.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.