1751

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Years:	1748 · 1749 · 1750 · 1751 · 1752 · 1753 · 1754

1751 by topic:
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Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science
Countries
Austria – Canada –Denmark – France – Great Britain – Ireland – Norway – Russia – Scotland –Sweden –
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1751 in various calendars
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	1672–1673
- Kali Yuga	4851–4852
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)
Javanese calendar	1675–1677
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4084
Minguo calendar	161 before ROC 民前161年
Nanakshahi calendar	283
Thai solar calendar	2293–2294

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1751 (MDCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Julian calendar, the 1751st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 751st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1751, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1918. In Britain and its colonies, 1751 only had 282 days due to the Calendar Act of 1750.

Events

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.

In the University of Glasgow
- Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic.
- The Medical School is founded.
The Encyclopédie is first published.
Swedish naturalist Carl 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.

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, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)
April 19 – Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
June 9 – John Machin, English mathematician (b. c.1686)
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 – William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1711)
October 26 – Philip Doddridge, English nonconformist 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)

↑ 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.

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