1751 in Great Britain:

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Events from the year 1751 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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• 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales dies and is succeeded by his son the future George III of the United Kingdom as Prince of Wales.^[1]
• April - The Gin Act 1751 requires government inspection of distilleries.^[2]
• 31 August - Robert Clive takes the Indian town of Arcot from the French.^[1]

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• A British settlement is founded in Georgetown in North America.^[1]
• Parliament passes the Calendar Act introducing the Gregorian Calendar, correcting the eleven day difference and making 1 January New Year's Day from 1752.^[1]
• William Hogarth paints Gin Lane, Beer Street, and The Four Stages of Cruelty.^[2]

[edit] Publications

• Henry Fielding's novel Amelia.^[1]
• David Hume's book An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.^[1]
• Tobias Smollett's novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.^[1]

[edit] Births

• 2 May - John André, soldier (died 1780)
• 11 July - Caroline Matilda of Wales, member of the royal family (died 1775)
• date unknown - Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (died 1806)

[edit] Deaths

• 20 January - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, politician (born 1665)
• 29 March - Thomas Coram, sea captain and philanthropist (born c.1668)
• 31 March - Frederick, Prince of Wales (born 1707)
• 26 October - Philip Doddridge, religious leader (born 1702)
• 12 December - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman and philosopher (born 1678)

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