What is 1753?
{{Year nav|1753}} {{Year in various calendars|1753}} {{Year article header|1753}} == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[Britain]] and its [[British Commonwealth|colonies]] adopt the idea that 1 January should be [[New Year's Day]], following adoption of the [[Gregorian calendar]] in [[September]] [[1752]]. The concept was first conceived in [[1582]], but suffered from slow public adoption. * [[January 13]] – Sentenced conspirators of the [[Tavora affair]] are executed * [[January 29]] – After a month's absence, [[Elizabeth Canning]] returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted. Following criminal trial causes uproar. * [[April 5]] – Founding charter of the [[British Museum]] * [[Sweden]] adopts [[Gregorian calendar]] * British parliament extends citizenship to Jews * Publication of ''Species Plantarum'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] on 1 May, adopted by the [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]] as the formal start date of the [[scientific classification]] of [[plant]]s * [[James Lind]] writes ''A Treatise of the Scurvy'' * [[Tobias Smollett]] writes ''Ferdinand Count Fathom'' * [[Robert Wallace]] writes ''On the Numbers of Man'' {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:1753| ]]