What happened in 1755?

Lisbon earthquake

Major Events · Lisbon, Portugal

A massive earthquake, tsunami, and fires devastate Lisbon, profoundly influencing Enlightenment thought.

Battle of the Monongahela

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Duquesne

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

Battle of Lake George

Wars & Conflicts · Lake George

1755 battle in the Seven Years' War

Battle of Fort Beauséjour

Wars & Conflicts

1755 battle of the French and Indian War

Braddock Expedition

Wars & Conflicts · Maryland

1755 military expedition during French and Indian War

Siege of Nishapur

Wars & Conflicts · Nishapur

1755 siege

Battle of Petitcodiac

Wars & Conflicts

1755 battle during the French and Indian War

Battle of Kvareli

Wars & Conflicts · Kvareli

1755 battle between the Georgian army and Nursal-Beg

Battle of Taliwa

Wars & Conflicts · Ball Ground

1755 battle between Cherokee and Chickasaw forces in present-day Georgia, United States

Action of 8 June 1755

Wars & Conflicts · Gulf of Saint Lawrence

1755 naval battle early in the Franch and Indian War

Fort Dobbs

Wars & Conflicts

18th-century fort in North Carolina

Fort Swatara

Wars & Conflicts

French and Indian War fort in Pennsylvania, U.S

Treaty of Giyanti

Politics & Government · Giyanti

Treaties that ended the third javanese succession war

Johann Georg Gmelin died

People · Tübingen

German and Russian scientist (1709-1755)

Stepan Krasheninnikov died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian scientist (1711-1755)

Johannes Browallius died

People · Turku

Swedish theologian and scientist (1707-1755)

Jean-Pierre Christin died

People · Lyon

French astronomer

Laurentius Blumentrost died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian court physician and founder and first president of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Ignazio Bertola died

People · Turin

Italian military architect

Johann Friedrich Weidler died

People · Lutherstadt Wittenberg

German astronomer and mathematician (1691-1755)

Georg Erhard Hamberger died

People · Jena

Physician, physiologist, botanist (1697-1755)

Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye died

People · Montreal

Explorer (1714-1755)

Philip Francois Renault died

People · Picardy

French explorer

Pier Leone Ghezzi died

People · Rome

Italian painter (1674-1755)

Johannes Erasmus Iversen died

People · Copenhagen

Danish composer

Louis XVIII of France born

People · Palace of Versailles

Born in Palace of Versailles. King of France and Navarre from 1815 to 1824 (1755-1824).

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French portrait painter (1755–1842).

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin born

People · Hôtel Brillat-Savarin

Born in Hôtel Brillat-Savarin. French lawyer, politician and writer (1755-1826).

John Marshall born

People · Germantown

Born in Germantown. Chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, (1755-1835).

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski born

People · Pierzchów

Born in Pierzchów. Polish general (1755–1818).

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian born

People · Sauve

Born in Sauve. French writer (1755–1794).

François Joseph Lefebvre born

People · Rouffach

Born in Rouffach. Marshal of France (1755-1820).

Nathan Hale born

People · Coventry

Born in Coventry. Soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Stanisław Staszic born

People · Piła

Born in Piła. Polish philosopher and writer (1755–1826).

Axel von Fersen the Younger born

People · Jakob and Johannes parish

Born in Jakob and Johannes parish. Swedish politician (1755-1810).

Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz born

People · Falkenberg

Born in Falkenberg. Prussian general, composer and freedom fighter (1755-1816).

Nicolas-Jacques Conté born

People · Saint-Céneri-près-Sées

Born in Saint-Céneri-près-Sées. French painter, and inventor of the modern pencil (1755-1805).

Hannah Adams born

People · Medfield

Born in Medfield. American author (1755-1831).

Marie Antoinette born

People · Hofburg Palace

Born in Hofburg Palace. Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793).

Peter I of Oldenburg born

People · Prabuty

Born in Prabuty. Prince-Bishop and Grand Duke (first as regent, then officially after 1823) of Oldenburg (1755-1829).

Robert Kerr born

People · Roxburghshire

Born in Roxburghshire. Scottish scientific writer and translator (1757–1813).

Real Botanic Garden of Madrid

Science & Technology

Cultural property in Madrid, Spain

National Military Medical Clinical Center "Main Military Clinical Hospital"

Science & Technology

The main medical institution of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary

Science & Technology

Hospital in Gloucester, United Kingdom

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Science & Technology · main building of Moscow State University

Public research university in Moscow, Russia

Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid

Science & Technology

Botanical garden and research centre in Madrid, Spain

Nuruosmaniye Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Hvar Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Croatia

Church of St. Simeon and the Prophetess Hanna

Religion & Belief Systems · Sadama

Church building in Tallinn, Estonia

Basilica Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic basilica

Pathok Negara Taqwa Wonokromo Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Pleret

Building in Indonesia

St. Vitalis

Religion & Belief Systems · Sigmertshausen

Church building in Sigmertshausen, Germany

St. Margaretha

Religion & Belief Systems · Hecken

Filial church in Hecken, Bockhorn, Germany

Church of the Holy Mandylion

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Vyborgsky District, Russia

Nativity Church, Alatyr

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Alatyr, Russia

Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

Madonna di Ciavanis

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Chialamberto, Italy

Sanchong Xianse Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of Saint Nicholas in Wilcza

Religion & Belief Systems

Wooden church in Poland

Village church Reesdorf

Religion & Belief Systems · Reesdorf

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Luther church (Schwarzheide)

Religion & Belief Systems · Schwarzheide

Church building in Schwarzheide, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, Brandenburg state, Germany

St. Trinitatis (Schwerstedt)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of Elijah the Prophet in Tsipino Pogost

Religion & Belief Systems

Ruins of evangelical church in Miłków

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Miłków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekapel (Nieuwenhove)

Religion & Belief Systems · Nieuwenhove

Chapel in Nieuwenhove, Geraardsbergen, Belgium

Reformed Church of Shawangunk

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Bokkenrijderskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Urmond

Chapel in Urmond, Netherlands

chapel of St. Jost and Anthony of Padua

Religion & Belief Systems · Alikon

Church building in Alikon in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Chapel of Saint Lawrence

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Domažlice District of Plzeň region

Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Arkhangelskoye-Tyurikovo

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Severny District, Russia

Shide Dratsang

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Lhasa, China

Vacheron Constantin

Economy & Trade · Plan-les-Ouates

Swiss watch company

Coats PLC

Economy & Trade · London

Company

Axminster Carpets

Economy & Trade · Axminster

British carpet manufacturer

Wolsey

Economy & Trade · Leicester

British clothing brand

Iver C. Weilbach & Co. A/S

Economy & Trade · Kongens Lyngby

Danish provider of nautical charts and publications for the shipping industry

Thresher & Glenny

Economy & Trade · London

One of the world's oldest surviving tailors, shirt makers and outfitters

1755 Lisbon earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in 1755

1755 Cape Ann Earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 6 earthquake (November 18, 1755) off the coast of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Massachusetts)

1755 Meknes earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Morocco

Zunghar genocide

Disasters & Pandemics · Dzungar Khanate

Mass extermination of the Mongol Dzungar people

Kinsky Palace

Architecture & Engineering · Old Town Square

Important rococo building in Prague's Old Town Square

Odd Fellows Mansion

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Copenhagen, Denmark

San Giacomo, Soragna

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Soragna, Italy

Hermitage of Nossa Senhora de Alcamé

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic church in Portugal

St Mary's Church, Hartwell

Architecture & Engineering · Hartwell

Church in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Palace of the Captain Generals

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

Jenkin Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II* church in Rainow, Cheshire, England, UK

Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos, Inđija

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Inđija, Serbia

St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II* listed church in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK

San Pietro

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Nepi, Italy

Puning Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Chengde, China

Fort William Henry

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in state New York, at the shore of Lake George

Fort Carillon

Architecture & Engineering

Colonial French fort in present-day Ticonderoga, New York, United States

Church of Three Holy Hierarchs

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Lemeshi (Kozeletskii raion), Ukraine

Church of the Order Terceira do Carmo

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rio de Janeiro

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

house

Sint-Servatiuskapel

Architecture & Engineering · Rommersom

Chapel in Rommersom (Hoegaarden), Belgium

Teatro San Benedetto

Sports & Entertainment

Former opera house in Venice, Italy

Opéra national de Lorraine

Sports & Entertainment

Mataram Sultanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kotagede

Mataram Sultanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Kotagede.

Yogyakarta Sultanate founded

Empires & Countries · Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta Sultanate was founded, with its capital at Yogyakarta.

Rewa State founded

Empires & Countries · Rewa

Rewa State was founded, with its capital at Rewa.

Corsican Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Corte

Corsican Republic was founded, with its capital at Corte.