1752

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s

Years: 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 - 1752 - 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757

• 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

• February 25 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
• May 11 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist

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)