1755

Events in 1755 4

• 1755 – 1843 Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) Died 2 July 1843, aged 88 Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician who founded homeopathy, based on the principle that like cures like. He spent his last years practising in Paris, where he died.
• 1755 – 1842 Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) Died 30 March 1842, aged 86 French painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was one of the leading portraitists of the late eighteenth century. She was best known as the court painter of Marie Antoinette. After the Revolution she worked across Europe and painted hundreds of portraits.
• 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake The 1755 Disaster A catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and fire that almost entirely destroyed the city of Lisbon.
• 1755 – 1824 Friedrich Schiller German playwright and poet Schiller wrote influential dramas such as William Tell, exploring freedom, morality, and political ideals in Romantic literature.