Permanent year factsheet

Great Britain in 1752

Historical records for Great Britain in 1752, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
2Named people
1Places
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Historical records

January

1 January 1752Reform of CalendarThomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st

London · Government / Whig Party Government

Officially New Years day for the 1st time, until now the year had begun 25th March

September

14 September 1752Reform of ParliamentThomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st

London · Government / Whig Party Government

The 14th Sept follows the 2nd Sept. Britain & its colonies adopt the Gregorian calendar by decree of Parliament

Other Events

1752Birth of Thomas HardyThomas Hardy

Politics / London Corr Society

Birth of Thomas Hardy

Names involved

Thomas HardyThomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st

Places involved

London

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.