Major Events
- Jan 3 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malacca: 92 killed
- Jan 15 Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Henry Fielding of plagiarism
- Feb 3 Dutch States-General forbids export of windmills
- Mar 23 Canada's first newspaper "Halifax Gazette" published in Halifax by John Bushell [1]
- Mar 23 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, dies 2 days later
- May 11 1st US fire insurance policy issued, in Philadelphia
- Jun 3 Moscow houses and churches destroyed by fire
- Jun 5 Prince William of Orange becomes Knight of Garter
- Jun 6 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
- Jun 9 French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly, India
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Fun Fact About 1752
Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
Who Died in 1752
- Jan 4 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
- Jan 16 Francis Blomefield, English topographer (History of Norfolk), dies at 46
- Jan 26 Jean-François de Troy, French painter (Rococo style), dies at 72
- Feb 9 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
- May 3 Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)
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