1752

Events:

   * January 1 - Britain and its colonies adopt the idea that January 1st
     should be New Year's Day, a concept first concieved for the Gregorian
     calendar in 1582, which suffered from slow public adoption.
   * February 11 - Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, is
     opened.
   * September 14 - 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

   * February 25 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper
     Canada

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
   * France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
   * Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11,
     1727 to October 25, 1760)
   * Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
   * Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5,
     1762)
   * Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763)
     (also King of Poland)
   * Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to
     1771)

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