1755

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s

Years: 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 - 1755 - 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760

• The first English dictionary is published by Samuel Johnson
• November 1 - Lisbon was destroyed by an earthquake.
• Great Expulsion of the Acadians

Births

• February 11 - Albert Christoph Dies[?], composer.
• April 16 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter
• November 2 - Marie Antoinette - Archduchess of Austria - Queen of France
• November 17 - Louis XVIII of France

Deaths