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Birthday May 25, 1755

• The temperature on May 25, 1755 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
  • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
  • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
  • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
  • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)