Events in year of 1751
- 02-251st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)
- 04-05Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself King of Sweden
- 05-111st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
- 07-291st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
- 07-31Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses
- 08-24Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
- 08-31English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
- 09-12Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto
- 09-13England signs Austrian and Russian alliance
- 10-20Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
- 12-23France sets plan to tax clergymen
People born in year of 1751
- 01-12Ferdinand I: King of Sicily and Naples
- 01-12Jacob M R Lenz: Writer (Das Leidende Weib)
- 01-14Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter: Composer
- 01-18Ferdinand Kauer: Composer
- 01-21Josephus Andreas Fodor: Composer
- 02-04Blas de Laserna: Composer
- 02-12Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot: Composer
- 02-18Karl Haack: Composer
- 02-19Cornelis de Gijselaar: Dutch politician / patriot
- 03-05Jan Krtitel Kuchar: Composer
- 03-16James Madison: Port Conway, Virginia -- (D-R), 4th US President (1809-17)
- 04-03Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne: Composer
- 05-12Gaetano Manna: Composer
- 05-24Charles Emanuel II: King of Sardina (1796-1802)
- 06-02Antoni Weinert: Composer
- 06-04John Scott: 1st Earl of Eldon
- 08-07Wilhelmina FS: Princess of Prussia / Orange / Wife of Willem V
- 08-12Johann Baptist Lasser: Composer
- 08-21Johann Georg Witthauer: Composer
- 08-23Louis-Francois Beffara: Lexicographer
- 09-10Bartolomeo Campagnoli: Italian violinist / composer / conductor
- 09-13Henry Kobell: Dutch painter / cartoonist
- 10-20Hendrik van Stralen: Dutch MP / Secretary of Interior
- 10-21David Moritz Michael: Composer
- 12-07Jurrian F de Frederici: Governor-General (Suriname)
- 12-28Josef Blazej Smrcek: Composer
People died in year of 1751
- 03-20Frederick Louis: English Prince of Wales / Son of George I
- 03-25Frederik of Hessen Kassel: King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
- 05-20Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas: Composer, dies at 38
- 06-20Adriaen Valckenier: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
- 07-15John Wilson: Botanist
- 10-22Willem IV KH Friso: Prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 40
- 11-22Anton Englert: Composer, dies at 77
Events in year of 1752
- 01-03East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed
- 01-15Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism
- 02-03Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
- 02-11Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
- 03-23Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later
- 05-10Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
- 05-111st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
- 06-03Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire
- 06-05Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter
- 06-063rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1 / 3 of city destroyed
- 06-09French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
- 09-01Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia
- 09-02Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
- 09-02Last Julian calender day in US and England (no September 3rd - September 13th)
- 09-03This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
- 09-03US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes September 14)
- 11-11Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna
People born in year of 1752
- 01-01Elizabeth Griscom [Betsy] Ross: Flag maker
- 01-02Philip Freneau: Poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
- 01-23Muzio Clementi: Italian composer
- 01-30Joseph Matthias Kracher: Composer
- 02-17Friedrich M Klinger: German playwright (Wirrwarr)
- 02-20Charles Broche: Composer
- 03-13Josef Reicha: Composer
- 03-19Jose Mauricio: Composer
- 03-22Johann Georg Joseph Spangler: Composer
- 03-29Edward Jones: Composer
- 04-04Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli: Composer (Andromeda)
- 04-06Johann Friedrich Kranz: Composer
- 05-02Ludwig August Lebrun: Composer
- 05-03Braz Francisco de Lima: Composer
- 06-13Fanny Burney: England, United Kingdom -- Author (Camille, Evelina)
- 06-16Meingosus Gaelle: Composer
- 07-07Joseph-Marie Jacquard: Invented programmable loom
- 08-27Herman Muntinghe: Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)
- 09-09Johann Friedrich Christmann: Composer
- 09-10John Soane: English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum)
- 09-18Adrien-Marie Lagendre: Mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals
- 09-18Johann Anton Sulzer: Composer
- 09-21Louise MC: Countess of Albany
- 09-25Carl Stenborg: Composer
- 09-30Justin Heinrich Knecht: Composer
- 10-02Samuel Story: Dutch Admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
- 10-22Ambrogio Minoja: Composer
- 10-23Nicolas Appert: Inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)
- 11-19George Rogers Clark: Frontier military leader in Revolutionary War
- 11-20Thomas Chatterton: English poet (Christabel)
People died in year of 1752
- 01-04Gabriel Cramer: Swiss Mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
- 05-04Pieter Snyers: Flemish Painter / engraver, dies at 71
- 06-14Charles-Antoine Coypel: French carpet designer, dies at 57
- 06-14Daniel Marot: French / Netherlands, Architect / engraver, dies at about 88
- 06-16Giulio Alberoni: Spanish / Italian Minister / cardinal, dies at 88
- 11-23Conrad Michael Schneider: Composer, dies at 79
Events in year of 1753
- 01-11Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
- 03-25Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia
- 04-05British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
- 05-06French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
- 05-09King Louis XV disbands French parliament
- 05-29Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel, " premieres
- 06-13Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty
- 07-07English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship
- 07-18Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham, Massachusetts
- 08-04George Washington becomes a master mason
- 09-091st steam engine arrives in US colonies
- 09-22Pangeran Gusti installed as Sultan of Banten
- 11-30Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
People born in year of 1753
- 01-22Peter Fuchs: Composer
- 02-05Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma: Frisian regent / patriot
- 02-07Rhijnvis Feith: Dutch Mayor / writer (Zwolle / Thirsa)
- 02-12Lambert-Francois Godecharle: Composer
- 03-26Benjamin Thompson: Physicist (Royal Institution of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
- 04-28Franz K Achard: German physicist
- 05-23Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violonist / composer
- 05-24Oliver Cromwell: Burlington, New Jersey -- Black who served with Washington
- 05-31Pierre V Vergniaud: French politician / police leader
- 06-08Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac: Composer
- 07-04Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard: 1st balloon flights in England
- 07-06John H Midderigh: Rotterdam patriot, baptized
- 08-01Charles: England, United Kingdom -- 3rd Earl Stanhope, radical politician / Scientist
- 08-22Christian Friedrich Ruppe: Composer
- 09-11Friedrich August Baumbach: Composer
- 09-29Johann Gottfried Schict: Composer
- 10-14Franz Anton Dimmler: Composer
- 11-03August G Meissner: German author
- 11-03Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz: Composer
- 11-06Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval: Composer
- 11-19Stanislas Champein: Composer
- 11-25Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth: Composer
- 11-30Johann Baptist Schenk: Composer
- 12-03Samuel Crompton: English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
- 12-22Dugald Stewart: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Philosopher (Scottish common sense)
- 12-28Johan Wikmanson: Composer
People died in year of 1753
- 01-01Louis-Maurice de La Pierre: Composer, dies at 55
- 01-11Hans Sloane: English Physician (British Museum), dies at 92
- 03-06Gerhardus Havingha: Composer, dies at 56
- 03-12George Berkeley: Philosopher / Bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
- 05-26Willem Maurits: Earl of Nassau / gov of Zeeuws-Flanders
- 08-19[Johann] Balthasar Neumann: German architect, dies at 66
- 10-23Columban Praelisauer: Composer, dies at 50