May 2 » King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
June 1 » In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
June 15 » The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
December 31 » The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.
March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Day of death January 4, 1755
The temperature on January 4, 1755 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
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