Historical Events In 1755

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

Nov 20   English minister William Pitt Sr resigns on this day in history.  

Nov 25   Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1755 king Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.  

Dec 01   Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Dec 02   The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington) on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Dec 27   In the year 1755 antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36)  

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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   Alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) was born in the year 1755.  

Feb 03   On this day in history birth of florido Tomeoni, composer  

Feb 11   In the year 1755 birth of albert Christoph Dies, composer  

Feb 13   Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer was born in the year 1755.  

Feb 19   In the year 1755 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   In the year 1755 birth of philipp Christoph Kayser, composer  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24   In the year 1755 theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 06   On this day in history death of richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)  

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