1752

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1752 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1752
MDCCLII
Ab urbe condita 2505
Armenian calendar 1201
ԹՎ ՌՄԱ
Assyrian calendar 6502
Bahá'í calendar -92–-91
Bengali calendar 1159
Berber calendar 2702
British Regnal year 25 Geo. 2 – 26 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar 2296
Burmese calendar 1114
Byzantine calendar 7260–7261
Chinese calendar 辛未年十一月十五日
(4388/4448-11-15)
— to —
壬申年十一月廿六日
(4389/4449-11-26)
Coptic calendar 1468–1469
Ethiopian calendar 1744–1745
Hebrew calendar 5512–5513
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1808–1809
 - Shaka Samvat 1674–1675
 - Kali Yuga 4853–4854
Holocene calendar 11752
Igbo calendar
 - Ǹrí Ìgbò 752–753
Iranian calendar 1130–1131
Islamic calendar 1165–1166
Japanese calendar Hōreki 2
(宝暦2年)
Juche calendar N/A (before 1912)
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar 4085
Minguo calendar 160 before ROC
民前160年
Thai solar calendar 2295


Year 1752 (MDCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar. In the British Empire, it was the only year with 355 days, as September 3 through September 13 were skipped.

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A Julian year was 11 days longer than a Gregorian year. So, the King of England, George II, ordered 11 days to be wiped off the face of that particular month. So, the workers worked for 11 days less that month, but got paid for the whole month. http://www.exit109.com/~ghealton/y2k/br1752a.html

In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be the first month of the year; but the Gregorian Calendar observed January as the first month. Even after shifting to the Gregorian Calendar, many people refused to give up old traditions and continued celebrating 1st April as the New Year's Day. When simple orders didn't work, the King finally issued a royal dictum which stated that those who celebrated 1st April as the new year's day would be labelled as fools. From then on, 1st April became April Fool's Day. This view has been questioned. [1].

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  • September 2Great Britain and the British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, meaning the Julian date of Wednesday, September 2 was followed by the Gregorian date of Thursday, September 14.

Date unknown [edit]

  • Adam Smith transfers to professor of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow.
  • English scientist Lord John Davies first observes what is later recognised as respiratory collapse[3]


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