Timeline July 1755

Events in July 1755 5

• 1695 – 1755 Edward Braddock (1695-1755) Died 13 July 1755, aged 60 Edward Braddock was a British Army general who commanded the disastrous expedition against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. He was fatally wounded at the Battle of the Monongahela and died days later during the retreat.
• 1755 Corsican Republic founded under Pasquale Paoli Paoli elected General of the Nation, establishing self-governing Corsica Corsican rebels elected Pasquale Paoli as General of the Nation, founding a short-lived republic independent of Genoese rule. Paoli introduced a written constitution and civic reforms before French intervention ended the republic in 1769.
• 1755 – 1826 John Flaxman (1755-1826) Died 7 December 1826, aged 71 English sculptor and draughtsman known for his Neoclassical monuments and his illustrations for Homer and Dante. He was a founding figure of British Neoclassical sculpture and a professor at the Royal Academy.
• 1755 Battle of the Monongahela British force under General Braddock destroyed near Fort Duquesne A British and colonial force led by General Edward Braddock was ambushed by French and Native American forces near Fort Duquesne. Braddock was fatally wounded and nearly two-thirds of his men were killed or wounded. The defeat was a major early setback for Britain in the French and Indian War.
• 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians begins British forces began deporting French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia British colonial authorities ordered the forced removal of Acadian settlers who refused to swear allegiance to the Crown. Families were deported by ship to the American colonies, Britain, and France, with many later resettling in Louisiana as ancestors of the Cajuns. Thousands died from disease, shipwreck, and starvation during the expulsion.