Historical Events In 1755

Jul 05   On this day in history sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)  

Jul 09   In the year 1755 battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British  

Jul 09   British Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War on this day in history.  

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

Jul 13   Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh on this day in history.  

Jul 15   French ambassador recalled from London in the year 1755.  

Jul 29   Franz Gotz, composer in the year 1755.  

Aug 01   Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer in the year 1755.  

Aug 04   In the year 1755 nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)  

Aug 08   Luigi Marchesi, composer in the year 1755.  

Aug 22   Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies in the year 1755.  

Aug 31   On this day in history johann Ignaz Walter, composer  

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

Sep 13   Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens in the year 1755.  

Sep 18   On this day in history ft Ticonderoga, NY opens  

Sep 19   England & Russia sign military agreement in the year 1755.  

Sep 24   On this day in history georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45  

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

Sep 30   Francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Oct 04   In the year 1755 samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies  

Oct 28   In the year 1755 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65  

Oct 31   Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist in the year 1755.  

Nov 01   Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 02   Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake on this day in history.  

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

Nov 11   Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State on this day in history.  

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

Nov 17   In the year 1755 louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)  

Nov 18   Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report on this day in history.  

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Jan 11   Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) was born in the year 1755.  

Jan 11   In the year 1755 birth of alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)  

Feb 03   Florido Tomeoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Albert Christoph Dies, composer was born in the year 1755.  

Feb 13   In the year 1755 birth of francois Alexander Sallantin, composer  

Feb 19   On this day in history birth of pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies  

Mar 02   In the year 1755 birth of antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 15   Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   In the year 1755 death of francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)  

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 in the year 1755.  

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