1751

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1751 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

Events

March 25 - For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.
Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow
First publication of Encyclopédie
The Academy and College of Philadelphia, the predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, is founded.
Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the British colonies, is founded.
Fire destroys 1,000 houses in Stockholm.

Births

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 2 - John André, English soldier (d. 1780)
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)
Thomas Sheraton, English furniture designer (d. 1806)

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 9 - 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
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)

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