What is 1751?
{{Year nav|1751}} {{Year in various calendars|1751}} {{Year article header|1751}} == Events == * [[Adam Smith]] is appointed professor of logic at the [[University of Glasgow]] * [[March 25]] – For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. * [[March 31]] – The future King [[George III of the United Kingdom]] succeeds his father as [[Prince of Wales]]. His mother [[Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]] becomes Dowager [[Princess of Wales]]. * First publication of [[Encyclopédie]] * [[The Academy and College of Philadelphia]], the predecessor to the private [[University of Pennsylvania]], is founded. * [[Pennsylvania Hospital]], the first hospital in the British colonies, is founded. {{births}} == Births == * [[March 16]] &ndash; [[James Madison]], American politician, 4th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1836) {{deaths}} == Deaths == * [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], member of the British Royal Family (b. 1707) [[Category:1751| ]]