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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 ).

EVENTS OF 1751

January - June

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 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 - December

October 27 - Beginning of Hōreki period in Japan .

Undated

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.

Fire destroys 1,000 houses in Stockholm .

Glasgow Medical School is founded.

BIRTHS

January 12 - Ferdinand I Of The Two Sicilies (died 1825 )

February 20 - Johann Heinrich Voß , German poet (died 1826 )

March 16 - James Madison , 4th President Of The United States (died 1836 )

May 2 - John André , English soldier (died 1780 )

May 24 - Charles Emmanuel IV Of Savoy , King of Sardinia (died 1819 )

July 11 - Caroline Matilda Of Wales (died 1775 )

October 30 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Irish dramatist and politician (died 1816 )

''date unknown'' - Thomas Sheraton , English furniture designer (died 1806 )

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DEATHS

January 17 - Tomaso Albinoni , Italian composer (born 1671 )

January 20 - John Hervey, 1st Earl Of Bristol , English politician (born 1665 )

January 25 - Paul Dudley , Attorney-General of Massachusetts (born 1675 )

February 9 - Henri François D'Aguesseau , Chancellor of France (born 1668 )

March 25 - King Frederick I Of Sweden (born 1676 )

March 29 - Thomas Coram , English sea captain and philanthropist (born c. 1668 )

March 31 - Frederick, Prince Of Wales (born 1707 )

April 19 - Peter Lacy , Irish-born Russian Field marshal (born 1678 )

August 30 - Christopher Polhem , Swedish scientist (born 1661 )

October 22 - Prince William IV Of Orange (born 1711 )

October 26 - Philip Doddridge , English religious leader (born 1702 )

December 12 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , English statesman and philosopher (born 1678 )

December 16 - Leopold II Of Anhalt-Dessau , Prussian general (born 1700 )

December 19 - Louise Of Great Britain , queen of Frederick V Of Denmark (born 1724 )

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