1755
1755 was a
common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
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January 25 -
Moscow University established on
Tatiana Day.
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February 20 - General
Braddock lands in
Virginia to take command of the English forces against the French in
North America*
April 15 -
A Dictionary of the English Language is published by
Samuel Johnson; he had begun the work in
1746*
July 9 -
French and Indian War:
Braddock Expedition -
British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by
French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General
Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel
George Washington survives.
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August 15 - The deportation of the Acadians takes place, where thousands of them are sent to Europe or Louisiana, with a few escaping and remaining in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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November 1 -
1755 Lisbon earthquake: In
Portugal,
Lisbon is destroyed by a massive
earthquake and
tsunami, killing 60,000 - 90,000 people.
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November 18 - An earthquake occurs in the vicinity of
Cape Ann,
Massachusetts, causing extensive damage.
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December 2 - The second
Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by
fire.
* Beginning of the
Great Expulsion of the
Acadians.
* The sultanate of
Mataram on
Java is divided in two, creating the sultanates of
Yogyakarta and
Surakarta.
*
Wolsey the clothes manufacturer was established in
Leicester; the business celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2005.
*
French and Indian War (
1754-
1763)
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January 11 -
Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (most cited date of birth) (d. 1804)
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February 11 -
Albert Christoph Dies, German composer (d.
1822)
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April 3 -
Simon Kenton, Frontiersman; Revolutionary Militia General (d.
1836)
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April 16 -
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (d.
1842)
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May 21 -
Alfred Moore, American judge (d.
1810)
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June 30 -
Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d.
1829)
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September 9 -
Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d.
1808)
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November 2 -
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d.
1793)
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November 12 -
Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d.
1813)
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November 17 -
Louis XVIII of France (d.
1824)
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Charles Manners-Sutton,
Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1828)
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February 10 -
Montesquieu, French writer (b.
1689)
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February 11 -
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b.
1675)
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March 2 -
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b.
1675)
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April 6 -
Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b.
1690)
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May 21 -
Alfred Moore, American judge (b.
1755)
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June 26 -
Iyasus II, Emperor of
Ethiopia*
July 13 -
Edward Braddock, British general
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August 13 -
Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b.
1684)
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September 8 -
Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b.
1715)
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September 9 -
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (b.
1694)
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October 16 -
Saint Gerard Majella,
Catholic saint*
October 22 -
Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b.
1694)
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November 25 -
Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (b.
1687)
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December 1 -
Maurice Greene, English composer (b.
1696)
