1752

1752 (MDCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1752nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 752nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1752, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. In the British Empire, the day was just 355 days long.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
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 other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1752 MDCCLII
Ab urbe condita	2505
Armenian calendar	1201 ԹՎ ՌՄԱ
Assyrian calendar	6502
Balinese saka calendar	1673–1674
Bengali calendar	1159
Berber calendar	2702
British Regnal year	25 Geo. 2 – 26 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2296
Burmese calendar	1114
Byzantine calendar	7260–7261
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4448 or 4388     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4449 or 4389
Coptic calendar	1468–1469
Discordian calendar	2918
Ethiopian calendar	1744–1745
Hebrew calendar	5512–5513
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1808–1809
- Shaka Samvat	1673–1674
- Kali Yuga	4852–4853
Holocene calendar	11752
Igbo calendar	752–753
Iranian calendar	1130–1131
Islamic calendar	1165–1166
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 2 (宝暦２年)
Javanese calendar	1677–1678
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4085
Minguo calendar	160 before ROC 民前160年
Nanakshahi calendar	284
Thai solar calendar	2294–2295
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Sheep) 1878 or 1497 or 725     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Water-Monkey) 1879 or 1498 or 726

Events

• February 11 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened.
• March 23 – The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper
• June 6 – Fire destroys part of Moscow
• June 15 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity using a kite and a key.
• 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 this year)
• 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

Births

for more information, see Category:1752 births.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1752 deaths.