| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1748 1749 1750 - 1751 - 1752 1753 1754 |
| 1751 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
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).
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Events
- 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.
- 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.
Undated
- Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow.
- The Encyclopédie is first published.
- Glasgow Medical School is founded.
- 1751-1775 - 13% of appointees to audiencias are Creoles.
Births
| 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 |
- 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.
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)
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