Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1755. 1755 (MDCCLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of...
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1755 is the eleventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 3 November 2017. Unlike previous albums, it is entirely sung in...
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The 1755 earthquake may refer to 1755 Lisbon earthquake (great, tsunami), off the coast of Portugal on November 1 or to a style of architecture following...
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Louis XVIII (redirect from Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824.)
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré), was King of France from 1814 to 1824...
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1755 (pronounced seventeen fifty-five) is an Acadian band formed in 1975 by Kenneth Saulnier, Pierre Robichaud, Roland Gauvin, Donald Boudreau and Ronald...
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French and Indian War (section British campaigns, 1755)
In 1755, the British captured Fort Beauséjour on the border separating Nova Scotia from Acadia, and they ordered the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–64)...
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History of Portugal (1640–1777) (redirect from Portugal from the Restoration to the 1755 Earthquake)
empire had declined, culminating with the Távora affair, the catastrophic 1755 Lisbon earthquake, and the accession of Maria I, the first ruling Queen of...
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Edward Southwell Jr. (redirect from Edward Southwell (1705-1755))
16 March 1755) of King's Weston, Gloucestershire, was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who sat in the Parliament of Ireland from 1727 to 1755 and in the...
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Battle of the Monongahela (redirect from Battle of the Wilderness (1755))
Braddock's Field and the Battle of the Wilderness) took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War at Braddock's Field in present-day...
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George Baillie (merchant) (redirect from George Baillie (1755-1807))
George Baillie Born 1755 Died 1809 (aged 51–52) Nationality Scottish Occupations Merchant slave trader author...
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Borough Market (redirect from Southwark Market (No. 2) Act 1755)
Parliament, the Southwark Market Act 1755 (28 Geo. 2. c. 9). A second act that year, the Southwark Market (No. 2) Act 1755 (28 Geo. 2. c. 23), allowed for...
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James Parkinson (redirect from Parkinson, James, 1755-1824)
James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best...
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Events from the year 1755 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Michel-Ange Duquesne...
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Sandwich Toll Bridge (redirect from Sandwich Bridge. Act 1755)
listed road swing bridge over the River Stour in Sandwich, Kent. It opened in 1755 on a site that had been a crossing for centuries, and has had several iterations;...
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(libretto by King Frederick the Great, composed 1754 first performed Jan. 6, 1755) Johann Adolph Hasse – Ezio (Final version premiered Jan. 20 in Dresden)...
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1750s in archaeology (redirect from 1755 in archaeology)
from Karnak and Qift which become the nucleus of the Museo Egizio in Turin. 1755: At Bath, England, when the Priory or Abbey house is demolished and the foundations...
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Archibald Gracie (redirect from Archibald Gracie (1755 - 1829))
Archibald Gracie (June 25, 1755 – April 11, 1829) was a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and...
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The 1755 Meknes earthquake affected Morocco on 27 November 1755. The earthquake had a moment magnitude (Mw ) estimated at between 6.5 and 7.0. It devastated...
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exchange for being allowed to retain the areas of Cochin they had annexed in 1755 and 1756. As a result of the agreement and because of Travancore's obligation...
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visible in the Alfama district, an old quarter of Lisbon that survived the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: many place-names are derived from Arabic and the Alfama...
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Commodore Alexander Murray (July 12, 1755 – October 6, 1821) was an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United...
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William Bradford (Attorney General) (redirect from William Bradford (1755-1795))
William Bradford (September 14, 1755 – August 23, 1795) was a lawyer and judge from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the second United States Attorney General...
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French ship Alcide (1743) (redirect from HMS Alcide (1755))
for the re-enforcement campaign that was sent to Canada in May 1755. On 8 June 1755, Alcide was captured by HMS Dunkirk and HMS Torbay of Vice-Admiral...
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Events from the year 1755 in Ireland. Monarch: George II 10 April – Essex Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin is opened to carriage traffic. 1 November...
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French ship Raisonnable (1756) (redirect from French ship Raisonnable (1755))
Raisonnable was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1755. On 29 May 1758 she was captured in the Bay of Biscay by HMS Dorsetshire...
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Hans Henric von Essen (redirect from Hans Henric von Essen (1755-1824))
Count Hans Henric von Essen (26 September 1755 – 28 June 1824) was a Swedish officer, courtier and statesman. Hans Henric von Essen was born at Kavlås...
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gemstone by Guay c. 1755. Leda; engraved print by Madame de Pompadour of a drawing by Boucher, after an engraved gemstone by Guay c. 1755. Dog; engraved print...
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Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (Arabic: ترکي بن عبدالله بن محمد; 1755 – 9 May 1834) was the founder of the Second Saudi State and ruled Najd from 1823–1834...
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Cottage Bible (redirect from Thomas Williams (1755–1839))
Explanatory Notes was an 1824 study Bible, compiled by Thomas Williams (1755–1839). The Cottage Bible printed text deemed unsuitable for family reading...
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