Events That Happened in 1755

1755 Events

1755 Jun Braddock Leads His Troops And The Provincial Militia On An Expedition To Take Fort Duquesne
Braddock led about 2,000 army troops and provincial militia on an expedition in June 1755 to take Fort Duquesne. The expedition ended in disaster, with Braddock mortally wounded. Two futu...
1755 Jun 3
to 1755 Jun 16
 Battle Of Fort Beausejour
The Battle of Fort Beauséjour marked the opening of a British offensive in the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War). Beginning June 3, 1755, a Britis...
1755 Jun 9 Admiral Edward Boscawen Fires On The French Ship Alcide
When news of the two battles reached England in August, the government of the Duke of Newcastle, after several months of negotiations, decided to send an army expedition the following yea...
1755 Jul 9 Battle Of The Monongahela
The Battle of the Monongahela took place on 9 July 1755 in the vicinity of present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania, ten miles upstream from Pittsburgh during the French and Indian War. A Briti...
1755 Sep 8 Battle Of Lake George
The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. The battle was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America...
1755 Nov 1 Great Lisbon Earthquake
On November 1st 1755, at about 9:40 a.m., an enormous earthquake, followed by a tidal wave and a succession of fires, devastated the city of Lisbon. Thousands of people perished under the...