1752 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1752 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig

Events

* 1 January - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.
* 26 February - First performance of Handel's oratorio "Jephtha" in London.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=315–316]
* 17 March - Parliament passes a bill to bestow estates forfeited by Jacobites to the Crown and to use the revenue to develop the Scottish Highlands.
* June - Robert Clive forces the surrender of French troops in Trichinopoly in India.
* 3 September–September 13 inclusive - These dates were omitted from the calendar in Britain as part of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar to correct the discrepancy between the Old Style and New Style dates. There are some riots in London over the perceived loss of the days.

Undated

* Foundation of the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Publications

* "Letters on the Study of History", Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke posthumously.
* "Essay on Musical Expression", Charles Avison.

Births

* 18 January - John Nash, architect (died 1835)
* 21 April - Humphry Repton, garden designer (died 1818)
* 13 June - Fanny Burney, novelist and diarist (died 1840)
* 20 November - Thomas Chatterton, poet (died 1770)

Deaths

* 16 January - Francis Blomefield, topographer (born 1705)
* 3 May - Samuel Ogle, provincial Governor of Maryland (born 1694)
* 23 May - William Bradford, printer (born 1663)
* 16 June - Joseph Butler, priest and theologian (born 1692)
* 22 August - William Whiston, mathematician (born 1667)
* 6 November - Ralph Erskine, minister (born 1685)
* 8 November - James of the Glen, wrongfully hanged as an accessory to the Appin Murder in Scotland (year of birth unknown)

References

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