1755

events

politics

• 9. July: above all out a troop existing with the Frenchmen allied Indiansto one on the French away Duquesne ( today Pittsburgh , the USA ) advancing British army in the battle at the Monongahela a destroying defeat adds.
• 8. September: In the battle at the Lake George (today Federal State New York, the USA)defeat the British a French army and settle thereby within the range of the large seas .

• Beginning of large driving of the Akadier (Canada out).
• The size hooves in Prussia is changed.

science

• Leonhard Euler placesthe principal equations of hydrodynamics up.
• By Immanuel Kant appears the general natural history of the sky.
• Establishment of the Lomonossow university in Moscow.

culture

• 15. June: Premiere of the opera IL Don Chisciotte of Ignaz wood farmer in Schwetzingen.
• 30. August: Premiere of the opera Enea nel Lazio of Niccolò Jommelli in Stuttgart.

disasters

• 1. November: Earthquake of Lisbon: Lisbon is destroyed from an earthquake and a Tsunami following on it to 2/3. 30.000to 100,000 humans thereby alone the whole southern Iberi peninsula and northwest Africa die are affected by it in Lisbon.

born

• 7. January: Stephen Groombridge, English astronomer and commercial man († 1832)
• 28. January: SamuelThomas Soemmerring, physician, Anthropologe, Pläontologe and inventor († 1830)
• 14. February: Karl Ludwig (bathe), Mark count von Baden († 1801)
• 15. February: Jean Nicolas Corvisart, French physician and body physician of Napoléon Bonaparte († 1821)
• 15. February: Ferdinand of Lüninck, prince bishop von Corvey and bishop von Münster († 1825)
• 16. February: Friedrich William Bülow of because joke, Prussian general († 1816)
• 21. February: Carl Heinrich August count von Lindenau, Prussian lieutenant general († 1842)
• 6. March: Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, French poet († 1794)
• 1. April: Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin of French writers († 1826)
• 5. April: Vincenc Mašek, böhmischer composer († 1831)
• 10. April: Samuel cock man, German physician († 1843)
• 11. April: James Parkinson, British physician, pharmacist and paleontologist († 1824)
• 16. April: Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun, French painter († 1842)
• 27. April: Mark Antoine Parseval, French mathematician († 1836)
• 12. May: Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian Violinist and composer († 1824)
• 24. June: Anacharsis Cloots, politician and revolutionary in Paris during the French revolution († 1794)
• 25. June: Wilhelmina Luisa of Hessen darmstadt, first wife of the Zaren Paul I. (Russia) († 1776)
• 30. June: Paul François Jean Nicolas de Barras, French politician and member of the board of directors († 1828)
• 4. July: Sarah Siddons,the largest tragic actresses of Great Britain († 1831)
• 6. July: John Flaxman, British sculptor († 1826)
• 2. August: Pierre L'Enfant, a French artist and scientist, was the town planner of Washington, D.C. († 1825)
• 18. August: God praise Heinrich of Lindenau, royal-Saxonian chamber gentleman, circle upper forest master and owner of manor († 1830)
• 18. August: Johann Michael Heinle, mayor von Öhringen († 1820)
• 21. August: Christian Adolph Overbeck, German mayor and poet(† 1821)
• 29. August: January Henryk Dąbrowski, Polish general († 1818)
• 13. September: Olive Evans, US-American inventor († 1819)
• 15. September: Verner Jasper Andreas Moltke, Danish noble, governor of the Färöer († 1835)
• 17. September: William Schaw Cathcart, 1. Earl Cathcart, British general and diplomat († 1843)
• 20. September: Johann Nepomuk of Triva, Bavarian general and war Minister († 1827)
• 23. September: Elizabeth von Adlerflycht, Erfinderin of the Rhine panorama († 1846)
• 24. September: John marshal, US-American lawyer and politician († 1835)
• 23. October: Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardière, French natural scientist and traveler († 1834)
• 25. October: François Joseph Lefebvre, marshal of France († 1820)
• 1. November: Johann Theodor Ro, German hut supervisor († 1829)
• 2. November: Marie Antoinette, queen of France († 1793)
• 8. November: Dorothea cattle man, Märchenerzählerinand source of the fairy tale collection of the brothers Grimm († 1815)
• 10. November: Franz Anton Ries, German Violinist († 1846)
• 12. November: Gerhard of crowd refuge, Prussian general († 1813)
• 13. November: Christoph Ludwig treasurer, German natural scientist († 1797)
• 17. November: Ludwig XVIII. (France), French king († 1824)
• 27. December: Anton (Saxonia), king of Saxonia († 1836)

• around 1755: John Colter, US-American Trapper and discoverer († 1814)

died

• 10. February: Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, franz. Writer and state philosopher (* 1689)
• 24. March: Theodor Christian-dear, German composer and Kreuzkantor (* 1682)
• 4. May: Ignazio Visconti, 16. General of the Societas Jesu (* 1682)
• 20. May: Johann George Gmelin, German Siberia researcher (* 1709)
• 27. May: Ulrich of Löwendal, field gentleman and marshal of France (* 1700)
• 9. July: Johann God praise Harrer, German composer and Thomaskantor (* 1703)
• 13. July: Edward Braddock, commander in chief of the British troops in North America (* 1695)
• 13. August: Francesco Durante, Italian composer (* 1684)
• 4. October: Samuel of Cocceji, lawyer, large chancellor (* 1679)
• 27. October: Johann Michael Breunig, German composer (* 1699)
• 28. October: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French seamist and Cembalist (* 1689)
• 25. November: Johann George Pisendel, German baroque violin virtuoso and concert master (* 1687)
• 30. November: Johann Elias brook, German composer, (* 1705)