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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 heir-apparent to the British throne (later that year, he's named 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

July 31 - Fire destroys 1,000 houses in Stockholm.

August 13 - The Academy and College of Philadelphia, predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, opened its doors, with Benjamin Franklin as president.

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.

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 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) ť See also .

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 5 - 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) ť See also .

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