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What Happened in November 1755

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Historical Events

  • Nov 1 Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Portugal
  • Nov 14 Henry Fox appointed British 'Secretary of State for the Southern Department'
  • Nov 18 Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported

William Pitt the Elder

Nov 20 English minister William Pitt the Elder resigns

British Prime Minister (The Great Commoner) William Pitt the Elder
  • Nov 25 King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
Events in 1755

Famous Birthdays

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)

Nov 2 Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", born in Vienna, Austria

Marie Antoinette
  • Nov 12 Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussia general and Minister of War (1808-10) who reformed the Prussian army, born in Bordenau, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1813)
  • Nov 15 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer (North Holland Canal), born in Bergambacht, Netherlands (d. 1838)

Louis XVIII (1755-1824)

Nov 17 1st post-revolutionary King of France (1814-24), born in Versailles, France

Louis XVIII
  • Nov 23 Thomas Lord, English cricket batsman (founder of Lord's cricket ground; Middlesex CCC), born in Thirsk, England (d. 1832)
Born in 1755

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 11 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91
  • Nov 25 Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76


What Happened in 1755

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