1752

1752 was 119 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Individuals

Births

• Burrell Bass, pioneer and Revolutionary War veteran

Context

In 1752, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the U.S., opened. The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper, was published.

Notable births in 1752 included entrepreneur Betsy Ross, poet Philip Freneau, composer Muzio Clementi, U.S. founding father Gouverneur Morris, writer Frances Burney, inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard, and mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre. Notable deaths included printer William Bradford, theologian Joseph Butler, Piankashaw chieftain Memeskia, and mathematician William Whiston.

1750s

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