1751
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This article is about the year 1751.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s – 1750s – 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1748 1749 1750 – 1751 – 1752 1753 1754 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1751 MDCCLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2504 |
| Armenian calendar | 1200 ԹՎ ՌՄ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6501 |
| Bengali calendar | 1158 |
| Berber calendar | 2701 |
| British Regnal year | 24 Geo. 2 – 25 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2295 |
| Burmese calendar | 1113 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7259–7260 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4447 or 4387 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4448 or 4388 |
| Coptic calendar | 1467–1468 |
| Discordian calendar | 2917 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1743–1744 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5511–5512 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1807–1808 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1673–1674 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4852–4853 |
| Holocene calendar | 11751 |
| Igbo calendar | 751–752 |
| Iranian calendar | 1129–1130 |
| Islamic calendar | 1164–1165 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'en 4 / Hōreki 1 (宝暦元年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4084 |
| Minguo calendar | 161 before ROC 民前161年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2293–2294 |
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Year 1751 (MDCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar. In Britain and its colonies, 1751 only had 282 days due to the Calendar Act of 1750.
Events[edit]
January–June[edit]
- March 25
- For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
- Upon his death, Frederick I of Sweden is succeeded as king by Adolf Frederick.
- March 31 – Frederick, Prince of Wales dies in London and is succeeded by his son, the future George III of the United Kingdom, as heir-apparent to the British throne and Prince of Wales.[1] 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.
July–December[edit]
- July 28 – Kingdom of Kartli defeats a large army of Tabriz Khanate under Erekle II in the Battle of Kirkhbulakh
- 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.
- September 13 – Kalvária Banská Štiavnica in the Kingdom of Hungary is completed.
- October 27 – The Hōreki period begins in Japan.
- December 3 – Battle of Arnee in India (Second Carnatic War): A British East India Company-led force under Robert Clive defeats and routs a much larger Franco-Indian army under the command of Raza Sahib at Arni.
Date unknown[edit]
- In the University of Glasgow
- Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic.
- The Medical School is founded.
- The Encyclopédie is first published.
- Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes his Philosophia Botanica, the first textbook of descriptive systematic botanical taxonomy and the first appearance of his binomial nomenclature.
- Maria Theresa thaler minted; it becomes an international currency.[2]
- 1751–1775 – 13% of appointees to audiencias in the Spanish Empire are Creoles.
Births[edit]
- 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)
- June 4 – John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1838)
- June 17 – Joshua Humphreys, American naval architect (d. 1838)
- July 11 – Caroline Matilda, British princess, queen consort of Denmark (d. 1775)
- July 30 (midnight) – Maria Anna Mozart ("Nannerl"), Austrian pianist, singer, composer and violinist, sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- September 1 – Emanuel Schikaneder, German dramatist, actor and singer (d. 1812)
- October 30 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish dramatist and politician (d. 1816)
- date unknown
- Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur, French mesmerist (d. 1825)
- Thomas Sheraton, English furniture designer (d. 1806)
- Elisabetta Caminèr Turra, Venetian writer (d. 1796)
Deaths[edit]
- 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)
- June 20 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741 (b. 1695)
- 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)
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 314–315. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Semple, Clare (2006). A Silver Legend: the story of the Maria Theresa Thaler. Manchester: Barzan Publishing. ISBN 0-9549701-0-1.
