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.

1751 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1751 MDCCLI
Ab urbe condita	2504
Armenian calendar	1200 ԹՎ ՌՄ
Assyrian calendar	6501
Balinese saka calendar	1672–1673
Bengali calendar	1158
Berber calendar	2701
British Regnal year	24 Geo. 2 – 25 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2295
Burmese calendar	1113
Byzantine calendar	7259–7260
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4447 or 4387     — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4448 or 4388
Coptic calendar	1467–1468
Discordian calendar	2917
Ethiopian calendar	1743–1744
Hebrew calendar	5511–5512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1807–1808
- Shaka Samvat	1672–1673
- Kali Yuga	4851–4852
Holocene calendar	11751
Igbo calendar	751–752
Iranian calendar	1129–1130
Islamic calendar	1164–1165
Japanese calendar	Kan'en 4 / Hōreki 1 (宝暦元年)
Javanese calendar	1675–1677
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4084
Minguo calendar	161 before ROC 民前161年
Nanakshahi calendar	283
Thai solar calendar	2293–2294
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Horse) 1877 or 1496 or 724     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Sheep) 1878 or 1497 or 725

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)

Deaths

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Deaths

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