1752

Year 1752 () was a (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Britain) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The adopts the.
 * -, the first in the US, is opened.
 * - The , the first Canadian newspaper, is published.
 * - Fire destroys 18,000 houses in.
 * - proves that  is, using a kite and a key.

July - December

 * - The arrives in.
 * – inclusive - These dates were omitted from the calendar in Britain as part of the adoption of the in the  to correct the discrepancy between the.

Undated

 * at the transfers to professor of moral philosophy.
 * English scientist Lord John Davies first observes what is later recognised as respiratory collapse.

Births

 * -, American entrepreneur (died )
 * -, American poet (died )
 * -, Italian composer (died )
 * -, American diplomat and politician (died )
 * -, German writer (died )
 * -, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (died )
 * -, English garden designer (died )
 * -, German anthropologist (died )
 * -, English novelist and diarist (died )
 * -, French inventor (died )
 * - Queen (died )
 * -, French mathematician (died )
 * -, English poet (died )
 * -, American preacher (died )
 * date unknown -, English architect (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Swiss mathematician (born )
 * -, English topographer (born )
 * -, Swedish naturalist (born )
 * -, British provincial Governor of Maryland (born )
 * -, British-born printer (born )
 * , Italian cardinal (born )
 * , English priest and theologian (born )
 * -, Piankashaw chieftain
 * -, German composer (born )
 * -, British admiral (born )
 * -, English mathematician (born )
 * -, German classical scholar (born )
 * -, Scottish minister (born )
 * date unknown -, Italian painter (born )
 * date unknown -, Italian painter (born )


 * See also .