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• Adriana Hoogereije, Colijnsplaat, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nl
• Andreas van de Sanden, Boxtel († 1823)
• Conradus Lambertusz van Heesbeen, Heedel
• Carl Dietrich Heinrich Winter, Mentrup, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Osnabrück, Hanover, Prussia, Germany († 1759)
• Catherine Joseph Burier, Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE († 1761)
• Bennet Greenwell
• Frans Clemens van Paur Heer van Wasserburg, Schwarzbach, Saksen († 1839)
• Barbara CUNEN, Bollendorf, 54669, Rheinland Pfalz, Deutschland
• Cornelius van de Ven, Helvoirt
• Anne Marguerite Mols, Ensival, België

• Maatje Tack (38), Groede,Gemeente Sluis,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Pierrette Fumey (59), Nogna, 39390, Jura, Franche-Comté, France
• Petronella Alaerts (85), Ranst (Broechem), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Kooijman (1), Oud-Beijerland
• Carolius Antonius (Boromes) BOROMEUS (43), Stekene,9190,Oost-Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Catharina, Lidzbark Warmiński, Pologne
• Stijntjen Hindriks (52), Noordbroek
• Joost Vogelaar (0), Rozenburg
• Joost Krijnen VOGELAAR (0), Rozenburg
• Tona Stevense de Rijke, Poortvliet

• 1691 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress († 1750)
• 1714 » Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1774)
• 1728 » John Stark, American general († 1822)
• 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)

• 1665 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
• 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)

• 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.
• June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• 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.
• November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
• 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 August 28, 1755 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.