1755

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century–18th century–19th century
Decades:	1720s1730s1740s–1750s–1760s1770s1780s
Years:	175217531754–1755–175617571758

1755 in othercalendars

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	28Geo. 2– 29Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2299
Burmese calendar	1117
Byzantine calendar	7263–7264
Chinese calendar	Giáp TuấtNăm(WoodDog) 4451 or 4391 — to — Ất hợi năm(WoodPig) 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	Hōreki5 ( bảo lịch ５ năm )
Javanese calendar	1680–1681
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4088
Minguo calendar	157 beforeROC Dân trước 157 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	287
Thai solar calendar	2297–2298
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc cẩu năm (male Wood-Dog) 1881 or 1500 or 728 — to — Âm mộc heo năm (female Wood-Pig) 1882 or 1501 or 729

1755(MDCCLV) was acommon yearstarting on Wednesdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Sundayof theJulian calendar,the 1755th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 755th year of the2nd millennium,the 55th year of the18th century,and the 6th year of the1750sdecade. 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 Universityestablished.
• February 20– GeneralBraddocklands inVirginiato take command of the English forces against the French inNorth America
• April 15–A Dictionary of the English Languageis published bySamuel Johnson;he had begun the work in1746
• July 9–French and Indian War:Braddock Expedition–Britishtroops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted byFrenchand Indian forces. During the battle, British GeneralEdward Braddockis mortally wounded. ColonelGeorge Washingtonsurvives.
• November 1–1755 Lisbon earthquake:InPortugal,Lisbonis destroyed by a massiveearthquakeandtsunami,killing 60,000 – 90,000 people.
• November 18– An earthquake occurs nearCape Ann,Massachusetts,causing extensive damage.
• December 2– The secondEddystone Lighthouseis destroyed byfire.
• Great Expulsionof theAcadians.
• The sultanate ofMataramonJavais divided in two, creating the sultanates ofYogyakartaandSurakarta.
• The Acadians were forced to leave their home because of the treaty of uresty between the French and the British
• Wolseythe clothes manufacturer was established inLeicester;the business celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2005.

Births

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Deaths

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