1755
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 |
| 1755 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1755 MDCCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2508 |
| Armenian calendar | 1204 ԹՎ ՌՄԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 4391/4451-11-19 (甲戌年十一月十九日) — to — 4392/4452-11-29(乙亥年十一月廿九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1747 – 1748 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5515 – 5516 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1810 – 1811 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1677 – 1678 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4856 – 4857 |
| Iranian calendar | 1133 – 1134 |
| Islamic calendar | 1168 – 1169 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2298 |
1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- January 25 - Moscow University established on Tatiana Day.
- 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.
- 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.
- November 1 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000 - 90,000 people.
- November 18 - An earthquake occurs in the vicinity of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage.
- 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.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 11 - Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (most cited date of birth) (died 1804)
- February 11 - Albert Christoph Dies, German composer (died 1822)
- April 3 - Simon Kenton, Frontiersman; Revolutionary Militia General (died 1836)
- April 16 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (died 1842)
- May 21 - Alfred Moore, American judge (died 1810)
- June 30 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (died 1829)
- September 9 - Benjamin Bourne, American politician (died 1808)
- September 24 - John Marshall, American jurist (died 1835)
- November 2 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (died 1793)
- November 12 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (died 1813)
- November 17 - Louis XVIII of France also Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1828)
Deaths
- February 10 - Montesquieu, French writer (born 1689)
- February 11 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (born 1675)
- March 2 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (born 1675)
- April 6 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (born 1690)
- June 26 - Iyasu II of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia (born c.1723)
- July 13 - Edward Braddock, British general (born c.1695)
- August 13 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (born 1684)
- September 8 - Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (born 1715)
- September 9 - Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (born 1694)
- October 16 -Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (born 1725)
- October 22 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (born 1694)
- November 25 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (born 1687)
- December 1 - Maurice Greene, English composer (born 1696)
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