What is 1752?
{{Year nav|1752}} {{Year in various calendars|1752}} {{Year article header|1752}} In the [[British Empire]], the day was just 355 days long. == Events == * [[February 11]] – [[Pennsylvania Hospital]], the first [[hospital]] in the US, is opened. * [[March 23]] – The ''[[Halifax Gazette]]'', the first Canadian newspaper * [[June 6]] – Fire destroys part of [[Moscow]] * [[June 15]] – [[Benjamin Franklin]] proves that [[lightning]] is [[electricity]] using a kite and a key. * [[September 14|September 14, Gregorian Calendar]] – The [[British Empire]] adopts the [[Gregorian calendar]], making it necessary to skip eleven days ([[September 2]] being followed directly by [[September 14]] this year) * [[Adam Smith]] at the [[University of Glasgow]] transfers to professor of moral philosophy * English Scientist Lord John Davies first observes what is later recognised as respiratory collapse {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:1752| ]]