1751

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  • 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.

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