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Historical Events for the Year 1752

  • 29th February » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
  • 20th April » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57)
  • 6th June » A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
  • 15th June » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
  • 2nd September » Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
  • 14th September » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Famous Birthdays in 1752

  • 1st January » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, designed the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
  • 19th January » James Morris III, American soldier (d. 1820)
  • 23rd January » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
  • 24th January » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
  • 31st January » Gouverneur Morris, American politician (d. 1816)
  • 12th February » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (d. 1821)
  • 12th February » Josef Reicha, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1795)
  • 17th February » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (d. 1831)
  • 23rd February » Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (d. 1819)
  • 25th February » John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
  • 31st March » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (d. 1849)
  • 4th April » Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837)
  • 5th April » Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831)
  • 21st April » Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer (d. 1807)
  • 21st April » Humphry Repton, English garden designer (d. 1818)
  • 2nd May » Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)
  • 4th May » John Brooks (governor) or John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
  • 11th May » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)
  • 14th May » Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
  • 14th May » Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
  • 13th June » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (d. 1840)
  • 7th July » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (d. 1834)
  • 27th July » Samuel Smith (Maryland) e.g Samuel Smith, American general and politician (d. 1839)
  • 13th August » Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)
  • 8th September » Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
  • 18th September » Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
  • 16th October » Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (d. 1827)
  • 23rd October » Maria Anna Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1804)
  • 19th November » George Rogers Clark, American general (d. 1818)
  • 25th November » Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (d. 1814)
  • 29th November » Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist (d. 1819)
  • 6th December » Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844)

Famous Deaths in History for 1752

  • 4th January » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (b. 1704)
  • 16th January » Francis Blomefield, English historian (b. 1705)
  • 9th February » Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist (b. 1722)
  • 3rd May » Samuel Ogle, English-American politician (b. 1692)
  • 23rd May » William Bradford (Colonial printer) called William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
  • 16th June » Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
  • 26th June » Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
  • 20th July » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer (b. 1667)
  • 29th July » Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer) named Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
  • 22nd August » William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
  • 6th November » Ralph Erskine (preacher) called Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)