25th January » Moscow State University known as Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
2nd April » Commodore (Royal Navy) named Commodore William James (naval commander) e.g William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
15th May » Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards.
16th June » French and Indian War: the Military history of France or French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
9th July » French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and Battle of the Monongahela called suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native Americans in the United States called Native American forces.
25th July » British Empire British governor Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the Expulsion of the Acadians deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France
10th August » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) called Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to Expulsion of the Acadians known as forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
8th September » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1st November » In Portugal, Lisbon is 1755 Lisbon earthquake or totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
25th November » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
2nd December » The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
Famous Birthdays in 1755
11th January » Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
20th January » Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1824)
25th January » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician (d. 1815)
28th January » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician (d. 1830)
11th February » Albert Christoph Dies, German composer and painter (d. 1822)
25th February » François René Mallarmé, French politician (d. 1835)
2nd March » Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick, Belgian composer (d. 1799)
24th March » Rufus King, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
10th April » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
11th April » James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
16th April » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
27th April » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
10th May » Robert Gray (sea captain) called Robert Gray, American captain (d. 1806)
12th May » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)