Historical Events In 1755

Jul 05   Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage) on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British in the year 1755.  

Jul 09   British Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War in the year 1755.  

Jul 09   On this day in history e Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War  

Jul 13   In the year 1755 edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh  

Jul 15   On this day in history french ambassador recalled from London  

Jul 29   Franz Gotz, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 04   On this day in history nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)  

Aug 08   On this day in history luigi Marchesi, composer  

Aug 22   On this day in history caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies  

Aug 31   Johann Ignaz Walter, composer in the year 1755.  

Sep 08   Battle at Lake George: English army beats France on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1755 oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine  

Sep 18   In the year 1755 fort Ticonderoga, NY opens  

Sep 18   Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1755 england & Russia sign military agreement  

Sep 24   Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1755.  

Sep 24   On this day in history john Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35)  

Sep 30   In the year 1755 francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71  

Oct 04   Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies in the year 1755.  

Oct 28   Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1755.  

Oct 31   In the year 1755 jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist  

Nov 01   On this day in history lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000  

Nov 02   Marie Antoinette, the wife of French King Louis XVI is born in Vienna on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1755 marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake  

Nov 02   On this day in history the birth of Marie Antoinette, Former Queen of France  

Nov 11   In the year 1755 johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91  

Nov 12   In the year 1755 gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)  

Nov 14   In the year 1755 henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State  

Nov 15   Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer in the year 1755.  

Nov 17   Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24) on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report in the year 1755.  

Nov 18   On this day in history worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report  

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Jan 11   Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Florido Tomeoni, composer was born in the year 1755.  

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of albert Christoph Dies, composer  

Feb 13   On this day in history birth of francois Alexander Sallantin, composer  

Feb 19   Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies was born in the year 1755.  

Mar 02   On this day in history birth of antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer  

Mar 10   Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer was born in the year 1755.  

Jan 07   Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1755.  

Feb 10   In the year 1755 death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)  

Feb 11   Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675) died in the year 1755.  

Mar 02   In the year 1755 death of louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)  

Mar 24   Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 06   Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) died on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1755 death of e Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War