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| 1755 |
| | | Samuel Johnson publishes his magisterial Dictionary of the English Language | |
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| 1755 |
| | | The first Conestoga wagons are acquired by George Washington for an expedition through the Alleghenies | |
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| 1755 |
| | | Johann Joachim Winckelmann publishes a book on Greek painting and sculpture which introduces a new strand of neoclassicism | |
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| 1755 |
| | | The army led by Edward Braddock and George Washington is ambushed at Fort Duquesne and Braddock is killed | |
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| 1756 |
| | | 122 people die after being locked overnight in a small room in Calcutta, in an incident that becomes known as the Black Hole of Calcutta | |
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| 1756 |
| | | The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British | |
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| 1756 |
| | | In what becomes known as the Diplomatic Revolution, two of Europe's long-standing rivals - France and Austria - sign a treaty of alliance | |
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| 1756 |
| | | Frederick the Great again precipitates a European conflict, marching without warning into Saxony and launching the Seven Years' War | |
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| 1757 |
| | | Admiral John Byng is shot on the deck of a ship in Portsmouth harbour for 'neglect of duty' in failing to relieve Minorca | |
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| 1757 |
| | | Robert Clive defeats the nawab of Bengal at the battle of Plassey, and places his own man on the throne | |
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