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|}1755 was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (see link for calendar).

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

- 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.

, 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

French And Indian War ( 1754 - 1763 )

Births

January 11 - Alexander Hamilton , first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (most cited date of birth) (d. 1804)

February 11 - Albert Christoph Dies , German composer (d. 1822 )

April 3 - Simon Kenton , Frontiersman; Revolutionary Militia General (d. 1836 )

April 16 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun , French painter (d. 1842 )

June 30 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras , French politician (d. 1829 )

September 9 - Benjamin Bourne , American politician (d. 1808 )

November 2 - Marie Antoinette , Queen of France (d. 1793 )

November 12 - Gerhard Von Scharnhorst , Prussian general (d. 1813 )

November 17 - Louis XVIII Of France (d. 1824 )

Charles Manners-Sutton , Archbishop Of Canterbury (d. 1828 )

Deaths

February 10 - Montesquieu , French writer (b. 1689 )

February 11 - Francesco Scipione, Marchese Di Maffei , Italian archaeologist (b. 1675 )

March 2 - Louis De Rouvroy, Duc De Saint-Simon , French writer (b. 1675 )

April 6 - Richard Rawlinson , English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690 )

June 26 - Iyasus II , Emperor of Ethiopia

July 13 - Edward Braddock , British general

August 13 - Francesco Durante , Italian composer (b. 1684 )

September 8 - Ephraim Williams , American philanthropist (b. 1715 )

September 9 - Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim , German historian (b. 1694 )

October 16 - Saint Gerard Majella , Catholic Saint

October 22 - Elisha Williams , American rector of Yale College (b. 1694 )

November 25 - Johann Georg Pisendel , German musician (b. 1687 )

December 1 - Maurice Greene , English composer (b. 1696 )