January 7, 1755 Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49 January 12, 1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University January 15, 1755 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83 February 3, 1755 Florido Tomeoni, composer February 11, 1755 Albert Christoph Dies, composer February 13, 1755 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer February 13, 1755 Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java February 19, 1755 Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies March 2, 1755 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer March 10, 1755 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer March 12, 1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine March 12, 1755 Georges Couthon, French politician March 14, 1755 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer March 17, 1755 Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief March 24, 1755 Rufus King, framer of U.S. constitution March 24, 1755 Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72 April 1, 1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto) April 4, 1755 Vincenc Masek, composer April 10, 1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician/originator of homeopathy April 26, 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)