Historical Events In 1755

Jul 05   Sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage) in the year 1755.  

Jul 09   Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 13   Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh in the year 1755.  

Jul 15   French ambassador recalled from London on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history franz Gotz, composer  

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

Aug 04   Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Luigi Marchesi, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 22   In the year 1755 caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies  

Aug 31   Johann Ignaz Walter, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Battle at Lake George: English army beats France in the year 1755.  

Sep 13   On this day in history oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine  

Sep 18   In the year 1755 fort Ticonderoga, NY opens  

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

Sep 19   England & Russia sign military agreement on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

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   Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1755.  

Nov 02   The birth of Marie Antoinette, Former Queen of France on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91  

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

Nov 14   Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State in the year 1755.  

Nov 15   On this day in history jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer  

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

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

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   Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 10   Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1755.  

Jan 15   In the year 1755 azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83  

Feb 10   Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689) died in the year 1755.  

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 in the year 1755.  

Apr 06   Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) died in the year 1755.  

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