Editing 1755 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 23]] (O. S. January 12, [[Tatiana Day]], nowadays celebrated on January 25) &ndash; [[Moscow State University|Moscow University]] is established.
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Giyanti]]: The kingdom of [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] on [[Java]] is divided in two, creating the sultanate of [[Yogyakarta Sultanate|Yogyakarta]] and the sunanate of [[Surakarta Sunanate|Surakarta]].
* [[March 12]] &ndash; A steam engine is used in the American colonies for the first time as [[New Jersey]] copper mine owner Arent Schuyler installs a [[Newcomen atmospheric engine]] to pump water out of a mineshaft.<ref>Paul R. Wonning, ''Colonial American History Stories, 1753–1763: Forgotten and Famous Historical Events'' (Mossy Feet Books, 2017)</ref>  
* [[March 22]] &ndash; Britain's House of Commons votes in favor of £1,000,000 of appropriations to expand the British Army and Royal Navy operations in North America.<ref>Rodney Bruce Hall, ''National Collective Identity: Social Constructs and International Systems'' (Columbia University Press, 1999) p116</ref>
* [[March 26]] &ndash; General [[Edward Braddock]] and 1,600 British sailors and soldiers arrive at [[Alexandria, Virginia]] on transport ships that have sailed up the [[Potomac River]].  Braddock, sent to take command of the British forces against the French in North America, commandeers taverns and private homes to feed and house the troops.<ref>Philip Smucker, ''Riding with George: Sportsmanship & Chivalry in the Making of America's First President'' (Chicago Review Press, 2017)</ref>