Events from the year 1755 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick V * Prime minister –

Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg (7 September 1694 – 29 January 1763) was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751. The Danish colony Holsteinsborg on Greenland (now Sisimiut), was named after him. He was the ancestor of the H ...

Events

* 24 November – The company now known as Iver C. Weilbach & Co. A/S is founded when flag, sail and compass maker Iver Jensen Borger sets up his own maritime supplier business in Copenhagen

Undated

Culture

Literature

* 27 November Christian Winther publishes ''Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt''.

Births

* 5 February – Caroline Müller, operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer (died 1826) * 3 March

Cathrine Marie Gielstrup Cathrine Marie Gielstrup née Morell (1755–1792) was a Danish stage actress. She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1773–1792, and a member of the ''Det Dramatiske Selskab'' in 1777-79. She was the daughter of the musician Lorentz Mo ...

, stage actress (died

1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London. * February ...

) * 19 September David Amsel Meyer, businessman and financial advisor (died

1813 Events January–March * January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance. * January 24 – T ...

) * 17 October - Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (died

1808 Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island ab ...

). * 16 November

Joachim-Daniel Preisler Joachim Daniel Preisler (born in Copenhagen on 16 November 1755 2 April 1809) was a Danish actor. Early life and education Joachim Daniel Preisler was born on 16 November 1755 in Copenhagen as the son of Johan Martin Preisler, a renowned profe ...

, actor (died

1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded. * January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...

)

Deaths

* 12 February Frederik Fabritius, goldsmith (born

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger Gold Coast, Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta people, Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghan ...

) * 28 February –

Johannes Erasmus Iversen Johannes Erasmus Iversen (1713 – 28 February 1755) was a Danish Baroque composer. He also worked as a teacher, musician, conductor and a concert organizer. Life Originally a student at the University of Copenhagen, Iversen chose to make his l ...

, composer (born

1713 Events January–March * January 17 – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albemarle County, North Carolina, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take ref ...

)

References

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Years of the 18th century in Denmark