What is 1754?
{{Year nav|1754}} {{Year in various calendars|1754}} {{Year article header|1754}} == Events == * [[June 19]] – The [[Albany Convention]] of [[New England]] Colonies proposes an [[American Union]] * [[July]] – [[Columbia University]] founded as King's College by [[royal charter]] of [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]] of England. The college was originally in Lower Manhattan. Instruction was suspended in [[1776]] and the school would be reopened in [[1784]] as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th Century, it would be renamed Columbia University in [[1896]]. * Change of [[Ottoman Emperor|emperor]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from [[Mahmud I]] ([[1730]]-1754) to [[Osman III]] (1754-[[1757]]) * Beginning of the [[French and Indian War]] in North America. * [[Great Britain|Britain]] and its colonies adopted a new Marriage Act that formulated many of the rules of modern marriage. == Births == * [[September 9]] – [[William Bligh]], Captain of the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|Bounty]], [[Governor]] of [[New South Wales]] (d. [[1817]]) [[Category:1754| ]] [[nv:1751 – 1800]]