Timeline Tuesday 15 April 1755

Events on Tuesday 15 April 1755 1

• 1755 Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language published Samuel Johnson's landmark dictionary appeared after nine years of work Samuel Johnson published "A Dictionary of the English Language" in London, a work he had compiled largely single-handedly over nine years. It set a new standard for English lexicography through its use of illustrative literary quotations and remained the preeminent English dictionary for over a century.