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January 6, 1755 Montezuma, an opera by Karl Heinrich Graun (51) to words of King Friedrich II, translated by Tagliazucchi, is performed for the first time, at the Berlin Opera.
January 7, 1755 Adam Friedrich Count von Seinsheim replaces Karl Philip Greiffenklau von Vollraths as Duke-Bishop of Würzburg.
January 11, 1755 Pancrace Royer, director of the Concerts spirituels, dies in
January 22, 1755 Meeting in emergency session, the British cabinet decides to intercept a squadron carrying six battalions of French troops to
January 25, 1755 Empress Elizaveta signs a decree creating
February 10, 1755 Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu dies in
February 11, 1755 Pelope, an opera seria by Niccolò Jommelli (40) to words of Verazi, is performed for the first time, at the Ducal Theater,
February 13, 1755 In the Treaty of Gijanti, The Dutch East
February 16, 1755 Hekimoglu Ali Pasha replaces Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha as Grand Vizier of the
February 27, 1755 Tsefal i Prokris, and opera seria by Francesco Araja to words of Sumarokov, is performed for the first time, at the Court Theater, St. Petersburg. It is the first opera in Russian to be performed by Russian artists.
March 12, 1755 A steam engine is used for the first time in North America, in New Barbados Neck (North Arlington),
March 14, 1755 Immanuel Kant dedicates his book Universal Natural History and the Theory of Heavens to King Friedrich the Great of Prussia. In this work, Kant postulates that the Sun is part of a Milky Way galaxy and when we look into the Milky Way we are looking at the galaxy along its axis. He further suggests that some observed nebulae are other galaxies.
March 18, 1755 The Parlement of Paris declares that the bull Unigenitus of Pope Clement XI does not have the character of a rule of faith. They will be opposed by the government.
March 19, 1755 Two oratorios by Georg Philipp Telemann (74) are performed for the first time, in
March 26, 1755 Der Tod Jesu, a passion cantata by Karl Heinrich Graun (51) to words of Ramler after Princess Amalia, is performed for the first time, at the Berlin Cathedral. The continuo part is played by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (41). His brother, Johann Christian Bach (19), is in the audience.
April 1, 1755 Karl Heinrich Graun’s (51) opera Ezio to words of Metastasio is performed for the first time, at the Berlin Opera.
April 2, 1755 The Tejo Theater, designed to make the Portuguese court an operatic center, opens in
April 10, 1755 Leopold Mozart writes the first of at least 30 letters to his publisher Johann Jakob Lotter in
April 15, 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson is published.
May 5, 1755 Christoph Willibald Gluck’s (40) componimento pastorale La danza to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, at the Laxenburg, the summer palace near
May 7, 1755 The inauguration ceremony for
May 9, 1755 Britannia, a masque by Thomas Augustine Arne (45) to words of Mallett, is performed for the first time, at
May 19, 1755 Naili Abdullah Pasha replaces Hekimoglu Ali Pasha as Grand Vizier of the
May 23, 1755 2,100 troops from New England sail from
June 7, 1755 An earthquake in northern
June 11, 1755 British ships capture two French ships off
Attalo, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (48) to words possibly by Silvani or Papi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo,
June 15, 1755 Georg Philipp Telemann’s (74) cantata Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier is performed for the first time, for the consecration of Johann Melchior Goeze as head-pastor of St. Catherine’s, Hamburg.
June 16, 1755 British forces from
Don Chisciotte, an opera serio-ridicola by Ignaz Holzbauer (43) to words after Cervantes, is performed for the first time, in Schwetzingen.
June 23, 1755 Giovanni Battista Sammartini (54) marries his second wife, Rosalinda Acquanio, aged 17, in
June 25, 1755 Le cacciatrici, a festa teatrale by Georg Christoph Wagenseil (40) to words of Durazzo, is performed for the first time, at the
June 26, 1755 Iyoas I Iyasu replaces Iyasu II Asma Giyorgis as Emperor of Ethiopia under the regency of Dowager Empress Mantuab Walatta Giyorgis.
July 9, 1755 Johann Gottlob Harrer, Cantor of the Thomasschule in
French and a variety of Indians ambush British troops under Edward Braddock 15 km from
July 13, 1755 Siegmund replaces Karl Anton Joseph as Count of Salm-Reifferscheid.
July 15, 1755 The French ambassador is recalled from
July 17, 1755 Anna Amalie, Princess of Prussia replaces Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg.
July 25, 1755 Giacomo Girolamo Casanova is arrested in
July 28, 1755 The British Council of Nova Scotia decides that all Acadians (French-speaking inhabitants of the province) must be removed. They have thrice refused to sign an unqualified oath of allegiance to the British crown.
August 6, 1755 Karl Georg Ludwig Lebrecht replaces August Ludwig as Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
August 24, 1755 Nisanci Biyikli Ali Pasha replaces Naili Abdullah Pasha as Grand Vizier of the
August 28, 1755 Two works by Georg Philipp Telemann (74) to words of Schelhaffer and Richey are performed for the first time, in
August 29, 1755 Johann Stamitz (38) receives a royal privilege from King Louis XV to publish his instrumental music in
August 30, 1755 Niccolò Jommelli’s (40) opera seria Enea nel Lazio, to words of Verazi, is performed for the first time, in the Ducal Theater,
September 4, 1755 Georg Philipp Telemann’s (74) cantata O
September 5, 1755 418 Acadian men are taken prisoner by the British at
September 8, 1755 British and Indian forces defeat the French at
September 14, 1755 Baldassare Galuppi’s (48) dramma giocoso Le nozze to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Formagliari,
September 19, 1755
September 29, 1755 Klemens August replaces Johann Jakob as Baron of Olbrück.
October 5, 1755 Holder Friede dich zu küssen, a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann (74), is performed for the first time, in St. Peter’s,
Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (43) buys a house on the main road of
October 7, 1755 Il rè pastore, an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse (56) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, at the
October 8, 1755 Thousands of Acadian men, women and children, their lands confiscated, begin loading on to British ships in the Minas Basin, for transport to other British colonies in
October 20, 1755 The Russian government openly declares that it will support anyone who opposes
October 25, 1755 Mehmed Said Pasha replaces Nisanci Biyikli Ali Pasha as Grand Vizier of the
October 30, 1755 Pierian sisters hail the morn, an ode for the King’s birthday by William Boyce (44) to words of Cibber, is performed for the first time. Boyce is called upon to compose this year’s birthday ode because Maurice Greene (59) is too ill.
November 1, 1755 9:30 a.m. Holy Day worshippers crowded into
November 26, 1755 Hearing that Maurice Greene (59) is near death, William Boyce (44) writes to the Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, to request that he succeed Greene as Master of the Royal Musicians. The request will eventually be granted.
November 30, 1755 900 Acadians arrive in
December 1, 1755 Maurice Greene dies at his home in
December 8, 1755 L’innocenza giustificata, a festa teatrale by Christoph Willibald Gluck (41) to words of Durazzo and Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in the Vienna Burgtheater for the birthday of the Emperor.
December 10, 1755 The earthly remains of Maurice Greene are laid to rest privately, according to his wish, in the minister’s vault of St. Olave Jewry,
December 13, 1755 The
December 24, 1755
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