1751

1751 (MDCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday 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 1923.

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

Events

• Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow
• March 25 – For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
• March 31 – 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.
• First publication of Encyclopédie
• The Academy and College of Philadelphia, the predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, is founded.
• Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the British colonies, is founded.

Births

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Births

• March 16 – James Madison, American politician, fourth President of the United States (d. 1836)

1751 Media

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  The Encyclopédie is first published.

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  "James Madison," oil on canvas, by the American painter Gilbert Stuart, 1804. 29.5 in. x 24.63 in. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.

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  Caroline Matilda

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  Albinoni

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  King Frederick I of Sweden

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  Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Deaths

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Deaths

• March 31 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, member of the British Royal Family (b. 1707)