1755 in Russia

Events from the year 1755 in Russia

Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth

Events

23 January (O.S. 12 January) - Empress Elizabeth signs a decree establishing Moscow University, the first university in Russia, on the initiative of Mikhail Lomonosov and Ivan Shuvalov.

Births

* 25 June – Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt), Tsarevna of Russia (d. 1776)

Deaths

Anastasija Trubetskaya, courtier (born 1700)

References