History
1755
General
Population: 835 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Lessing (domestic tragedy), Voltaire, Samuel Johnson (English dictionary), Benjamin Franklin (populations),
Francis Hucheson (moral philosophy), Immanuel Kant (doctoral thesis), JJ Winkelmann
Art includes Boucher "La Noble Pastorale", Gainsborough "Milkmaid and Woodcutter"
Music includes Egidio Romialdo Duni, Haydn
- Medicine: Flu outbreak worldwide
- Science: Joseph Black writes Experiments upon Magnesia Quicklime and other Alkaline Substances
Sebastian Menghini studies actions of camphor upon animals
- Technology: Flush toilet patented
- Deaths: Painter Jean Baptiste Oudry, Political philosopher Baron de Montesquieu, Composer Maurice Greene, Composer Giovanni Battista,
Africa
- South Africa: First outbreak of smallpox in Cape Town kills Khosian peoples
Americas
- General: Early start of French and Indian War - wraps into Seven Years' War next year
Asia
- Burma: Aloung P'Houra (Alaungpaya) founds Konbaung Dynasty Rangoon – war with Siam (Thailand)
- China: Revolt in Dzungaria leads to Chinese conquest
Europe
- General: End of Anglo-Austrian alliance
- German States: Landgrave of Hesse sells mercenaries to England for defence of Hanover
- Great Britain: Portuguese tsunami reaches Cornwall
Jean-Georges Noverre the French choreographer becomes ballet master in London
- Italian States: Eruption and earthquake at Mt. Etna – related to big Portugal disaster - 36,000 die
Pasquale de Paolo elected general in Corsica – leader of revolt against Genoa - Succession and start of Corsican Republic to 1769
- Norway: Krakens reported seen off of Bergen Norway – maybe islands that disappear on high tide
- Portugal: Earthquake, fire, and tsunami in Lisbon kills 60,000 - quake estimated at 8.7 - Nov 1 (All Saints Day during inquisition)
- Russia: University of Moscow founded
Middle East
- Persia: Earthquake in Persia kills 40,000
General
- Medicine: Smallpox outbreak
- Military: General Braddock and his aide George Washington discuss European vs. Indian fighting styles - Braddock doesn't listen,
In battle British retreat and Braddock dies starting French and Indian war - Seven Years' War begins next year
- Natives: Some of 6 nations of Iroquois fight on both sides of 7 Years war (French and Indian) -
fight each other at Lake George and then decide on neutrality
East
- Massachusetts: Suspected earthquake in Boston
- Pennsylvania: British army defeated by French near Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg)