Editing 1755 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; A naval fleet, led by Commodore [[Sir William James, 1st Baronet|William James]] of the [[East India Company]], captures Tulaji Angre's fortress [[Suvarnadurg]] from the [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathas]].
* [[April 15]] &ndash; ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]'' is published by [[Samuel Johnson]] (he had begun the work nine years earlier, in [[1746]]).
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[France]] dispatches 3,600 troops to protect its Canadian colonies in [[Quebec]] from a British invasion, dispatching 2,400 to Quebec city and 1,200 to [[Louisbourg]] in [[Nova Scotia]], unaware that a squadron of 11 fully armed warships from Britain's Royal Navy had sailed toward Canada on April 27.<ref name=Dull>Jonathan R. Dull, ''The Miracle of American Independence: Twenty Ways Things Could Have Turned Out Differently'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2015) p22</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; Spanish missionary Tomas Sanchez and three families establish a settlement on the north side of the [[Rio Grande]] in [[New Spain]]. Sanchez names it [[Laredo, Texas|Villa de Laredo]].  The new settlement is the northernmost part of the colony of [[Nuevo Santander]], founded by [[José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda]], which now comprises parts of the Mexican state of [[Tamaulipas]] and the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. The portion of Villa de Laredo north of the river later becomes Laredo, Texas; the remaining portion south of the river is later renamed Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.<ref>Federal Writers' Project, ''The WPA Guide to Texas: The Lone Star State'' (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934, reprinted by Trinity University Press, 2013)</ref>
* [[May 19]] &ndash; General Braddock hosts Iroquois leaders Scaroyady, Kaghswaghtaniunt and Silver Heels at [[Fort Cumberland (Maryland)|Fort Cumberland]], the British Army base in the colony of [[Maryland]].  The three chiefs pledge their alliance with the British in advance of Braddock's expedition into the Ohio Country.<ref>David L. Preston, ''Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution'' (Oxford University Press, 2015) p112</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] sends 2,000 troops to supplement other British Army and colonial forces in Acadia; the troops anchor at [[Chignecto Bay]] on June 1.<ref>Frank Basil Tracy, ''The Tercentenary History of Canada: From Champlain to Laurier, MDCVIII-MCMVIII'', Volume II (P. F. Collier & Son, 1908) p387</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; France completes the construction of [[Fort Duquesne]], its new base to the west of the British colony of Pennsylvania. The British capture the fort during the [[French and Indian War]] and rename it [[Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)|Fort Pitt]]. The site, at the junction of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, is now [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>Stuart P. Boehmig, ''Images of America: Downtown Pittsburgh'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2007) p13</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; General Braddock's troops begin a difficult trek across the heavily wooded [[Allegheny Mountains]] from western Maryland into the Ohio country.<ref name=Papas>Phillip Papas, ''Renegade Revolutionary: The Life of General Charles Lee'' (New York University Press, 2014) p30</ref>
* [[June 5]]
** Scottish chemist [[Joseph Black]] describes his discovery of [[carbon dioxide]] (''fixed air'') and [[magnesium]], in a paper to the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh|Medical Society of Edinburgh]]. The paper is published in 1756 with the title ''Experiments upon Magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other alkaline Substances''.<ref>"Black (Joseph)", in ''Bibliotheca Osleriana: A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science'' by Sir William Osler (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1969) p116</ref>
** At the entrance of the [[Saint Lawrence River]], a squadron of [[Royal Navy]] ships, under the command of British Admiral [[Edward Boscawen]], intercepts the nine French ships dispatched to save Canada; seven of the nine ships are concealed by fog and are able to reach their destination; another of the transports escapes.<ref name=Dull/>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; After a [[Battle of Fort Beauséjour|two-week siege]], the French commander of [[Fort Beauséjour]] in North America surrenders to the British, marking the end of "[[Father Le Loutre's War]]".
* [[June 23]] &ndash; Most of the French troops dispatched to Canada arrive at Quebec, along with the new [[Governor General of New France]], [[Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial]].<ref name=Dull/>  
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Iyoas I]] becomes the new [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] upon the death of his father, [[Iyasu II]]