1755

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1720s  1730s  1740s  – 1750s –  1760s  1770s  1780s
Years:	1752 1753 1754 – 1755 – 1756 1757 1758

1755 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1755 MDCCLV
Ab urbe condita	2508
Armenian calendar	1204 ԹՎ ՌՄԴ
Assyrian calendar	6505
Balinese saka calendar	1676–1677
Bengali calendar	1162
Berber calendar	2705
British Regnal year	28 Geo. 2 – 29 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2299
Burmese calendar	1117
Byzantine calendar	7263–7264
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4451 or 4391     — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4452 or 4392
Coptic calendar	1471–1472
Discordian calendar	2921
Ethiopian calendar	1747–1748
Hebrew calendar	5515–5516
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1811–1812
- Shaka Samvat	1676–1677
- Kali Yuga	4855–4856
Holocene calendar	11755
Igbo calendar	755–756
Iranian calendar	1133–1134
Islamic calendar	1168–1169
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 5 (宝暦５年)
Javanese calendar	1680–1681
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4088
Minguo calendar	157 before ROC 民前157年
Nanakshahi calendar	287
Thai solar calendar	2297–2298
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1881 or 1500 or 728     — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1882 or 1501 or 729

1755 (MDCCLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1755th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 755th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1755, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• January 25 – Moscow University established.
• February 20 – General Braddock lands in Virginia to take command of the English forces against the French in North America
• April 15 – A Dictionary of the English Language is published by Samuel Johnson; he had begun the work in 1746
• July 9 – French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.
• November 1 – 1755 Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000 – 90,000 people.
• November 18 – An earthquake occurs near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage.
• December 2 – The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
• Great Expulsion of the Acadians.
• The sultanate of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanates of Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
• The Acadians were forced to leave their home because of the treaty of uresty between the French and the British
• Wolsey the clothes manufacturer was established in Leicester; the business celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2005.

Births

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Deaths

for more information, see Category:1755 deaths.