1751

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Years:	1748 1749 1750 - 1751 - 1752 1753 1754

1751 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science

Countries:   Canada - Great Britain - Mexico

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1751 (MDCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1751 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1751

[edit] January - June

• March 25 - For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
• March 25 - Upon his death, Frederick I of Sweden is succeeded as king by Adolf Frederick.
• April 20 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as heir-apparent to the British throne (later that year, he's named Prince of Wales). His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.
• May 11 - The Pennsylvania legislature grants a charter to Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond for the establishment in Philadelphia of the first hospital in the Colonies.

[edit] July - December

• July 31 - Fire destroys 1,000 houses in Stockholm.
• August 13 - The Academy and College of Philadelphia, predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, opens its doors, with Benjamin Franklin as president.
• October 27 - The Hōreki period begins in Japan.

[edit] Undated

• Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow.
• The Encyclopédie is first published.
• Glasgow Medical School is founded.

[edit] Births

1751 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1751 MDCCLI
Ab urbe condita	2504
Armenian calendar	1200 ԹՎ ՌՄ
Bahá'í calendar	-93 – -92
Berber calendar	2701
Buddhist calendar	2295
Burmese calendar	1113
Byzantine calendar	7259 – 7260
Chinese calendar	庚午年十二月初四日 (4387/4447-12-4) — to — 辛未年十一月十四日 (4388/4448-11-14)
Coptic calendar	1467 – 1468
Ethiopian calendar	1743 – 1744
Hebrew calendar	5511 – 5512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1806 – 1807
- Shaka Samvat	1673 – 1674
- Kali Yuga	4852 – 4853
Holocene calendar	11751
Iranian calendar	1129 – 1130
Islamic calendar	1164 – 1165
Japanese calendar	Kan'en 4Hōreki 1 (宝暦元年)
Korean calendar	4084
Thai solar calendar	2294
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• January 12 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
• February 20 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)
• March 16 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
• May 24 - Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy, King of Sardinia (d. 1819)
• July 11 - Caroline Matilda of Wales (d. 1775)
• October 30 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish dramatist and politician (d. 1816)
• date unknown - Thomas Sheraton, English furniture designer (d. 1806)

See also Category: 1751 births.

[edit] Deaths

• January 17 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (b. 1671)
• January 20 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• January 25 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
• February 5 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• March 25 - King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
• March 29 - Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist (b. c. 1668)
• March 31 - Frederick, Prince of Wales (b. 1707)
• April 19 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
• August 30 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist (b. 1661)
• October 22 - Prince William IV of Orange (b. 1711)
• October 26 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (b. 1702)
• December 12 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)
• December 16 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
• December 19 - Louise of Great Britain, queen of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)

See also Category: 1751 deaths.