1752
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1749 1750 1751 - 1752 - 1753 1754 1755 |
| 1752 in topic: |
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| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1752 (MDCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1752
[edit] January - June
- February 11 - Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened.
- March 23 - The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper, is published.
- June 6 - Fire destroys 18,000 houses in Moscow.
- June 15 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity, using a kite and a key.
[edit] July - December
- September 1 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
- September 14 (Gregorian Calendar) - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, making it necessary to skip eleven days (September 2 being followed directly by September 14 that year).
[edit] Undated
- Adam Smith at the University of Glasgow transfers to professor of moral philosophy.
- English Scientist Lord John Davies first observes what is later recognised as respiratory collapse.
- Samuel Johnson is still writing A Dictionary of the English Language begun in 1746.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1752 MDCCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2505 |
| Armenian calendar | 1201 ԹՎ ՌՄԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -92 – -91 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2296 |
| Chinese calendar | 4388/4448-11-15 (辛未年十一月十五日) — to —
4389/4449-11-26(壬申年十一月廿六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1744 – 1745 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5512 – 5513 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1807 – 1808 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1674 – 1675 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4853 – 4854 |
| Holocene calendar | 11752 |
| Iranian calendar | 1130 – 1131 |
| Islamic calendar | 1165 – 1166 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 2 (宝暦2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2412 (皇紀2412年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11752 |
| Julian calendar | 1797 |
| Korean calendar | 4085 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2295 |
- January 1 - Betsy Ross, American entrepreneur (died 1836)
- January 23 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (died 1832)
- January 31 - Gouverneur Morris, American diplomat and politician (died 1815)
- February 17 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (died 1831)
- February 25 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (died 1806)
- May 11 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (died 1840)
- June 13 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (died 1840)
- July 7 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (died 1834)
- August 13 - Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily (died 1814)
- September 18 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (died 1833)
- November 20 - Thomas Chatterton, English poet (died 1770)
- November 29 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (died 1819)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Philip Freneau, American poet (died 1832)
- John Nash, English architect (died 1835)
- Humphry Repton, English garden designer (died 1818)
- See also Category: 1752 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (born 1704)
- January 16 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (born 1705)
- February 9 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (born 1722)
- May 3 - Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (born 1694)
- May 23 - William Bradford, British-born printer (born 1663)
- June 16 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (born 1664)
- June 16 - Joseph Butler, English priest and theologian (born 1692)
- July 20 - Johann Christoph Pepusch, German composer (born 1667)
- July 29 - Peter Warren, British admiral (born 1703)
- August 22 - William Whiston, English mathematician (born 1667)
- November 5 - Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (born 1670)
- November 6 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Jacopo Amigoni, Italian painter (born 1675)
- Francis Blomefield, English topographer (born 1705)
- Old Briton, Piankashaw chieftain
- See also Category: 1752 deaths.
[edit] Various calendars
| Most of Europe | Britain & Cols | Russia[?] | |||||||
| Saturday | 1 January 1752 | 21 December 1751 | 21 December 1751 | ||||||
| Wednesday | 12 January 1752 | 1 January 1752 | 1 January 1751 | ||||||
| Tuesday | 4 April 1752 | 24 March 1752 | 24 March 1751 | ||||||
| Wednesday | 5 April 1752 | 25 March 1752 | 25 March 1752 | ||||||
| Wednesday | 13 September 1752 | 2 September 1752 | 2 September 1752 | ||||||
| Thursday | 14 September 1752 | 14 September 1752 | 3 September 1752 |
