* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

* 1751 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange ( d. 1820 )

They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

* Il teatro comico, " The Comical Theatre " ( 1750 – 1751 )

* Il bugiardo, " The Liar " ( 1750 – 1751 )

* I pettegolezzi delle donne, " Women's Gossip " ( 1750 – 1751 )

**** House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ( 1751 – present )

* 1751 – Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint ( d. 1820 )

* 1751 – Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen consort of Spain ( d. 1819 )

* 1690 – Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur ( d. 1751 )

* 1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world.

In part, it was conceived in reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d ' Alembert ( published 1751 – 1772 ), which had been inspired by Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( first edition 1728 ).

The Encyclopédie, published by a group of philosophers over the years 1751 – 1777, summarized French male beliefs of women.

* 1751 – Antoine Bullant, Czech musician ( bassoon player ) and opera composer ( d. 1821 )

* 1751 – Henri François d ' Aguesseau, Chancellor of France ( b. 1668 )

George and Martha never had any children together – his earlier bout with smallpox in 1751 may have made him sterile.

Tischbein ( 1751 – 1828 )

The philosopher Denis Diderot was Editor in Chief of the famous Enlightenment accomplishment, the 72, 000 article Encyclopédie ( 1751 – 1772 ).

* 1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader, educator, and hymnwriter ( d. 1751 )

* 1816 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician ( b. 1751 )

* 1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer ( d. 1751 )

* 1751 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( d. 1775 )

* 1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist ( d. 1829 )

* 1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher ( d. 1751 )

In 1751 de Bernis was appointed to the French embassy at Venice, where he acted, to the satisfaction of both parties, as mediator between the republic and Pope Benedict XIV.

In 1751 the Pope abolished the Patriarchate of Aquileia by creating two new Archbishops in Udine and Gorizia.

She was beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV, and canonized on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.

* Pope Benedict XIV – Providas Romanorum, an Apostolic constitution in 1751

His chief work is the Scribleriad ( 1751 ), a mock epic poem, the hero of which is the Martinus Scriblerus of Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift.

* John Jameson ( colonel ) ( 1751 – 1810 ), Continental Army soldier who helped discover Benedict Arnold's treason

Regarding ecclesiastical matters, after the suppression of the Patriarchate of Aquileia in 1751, the Archdiocese of Gorizia was established as its legal successor on the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy.

* Cardinal Daniele Delfino ( 6 Jul 1751 Appointed-13 Mar 1762 Died ), former Patriarch of Aquileia

Engraved on his headstone is a stanza from Thomas Gray: The plowman homeward plods his weary way / And leaves the world to darkness and to me, ( from " Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ," 1751 ).

The Encyclopédie was edited by Jean le Rond d ' Alembert and Denis Diderot and published in 17 volumes of articles, issued from 1751 to 1765, and 11 volumes of illustrations, issued from 1762 to 1772.

In 1751, Washington travelled to Barbados with Lawrence, who was suffering from tuberculosis, with the hope that the climate would be beneficial to Lawrence's health.

The most famous was Mackandal, a one-armed slave, originally from Guinea, who escaped in 1751.

For the next five centuries, Muslim monarchs ruled Kashmir, including the Mughals, who ruled from 1526 until 1751, then the Afghan Durrani Empire that ruled from 1747 until 1820.

From 1751 – 53, Nicolas Louis de Lacaille cataloged 42 nebulae from the Cape of Good Hope, with most of them being previously unknown.

Even so, the River Don Navigation was improved from Tinsley to Rotherham in 1751, but the horse towing path was not completed on this section until 1822.

However it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity ; a record from the parish of San Barnaba indicates Tomaso Albinoni died in Venice in 1751, of diabetes.

In 1751, Dashwood leased Medmenham Abbey on the Thames from a friend, Francis Duffield.

* June 6 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741 ( d. 1751 )

Pressed and eventually won over by his entourage at court, the king gave in and exempted the clergy from the twentieth in 1751.

The last Hetman of the Zaporozhian Army ( the formal title of the Hetman of Ukraine ) was Kyrylo Rozumovsky who reigned from 1751 until 1764.

Charles Emmanuel IV ( Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria ; 24 May 1751 – 6 October 1819 ) was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802.

* Dowager Princess Anne, his mother, from 1751 to her death in 1759 ;

* Litchfield County ( west )( formed 1751 from Fairfield & Hartford )

Litchfield County was created on October 9, 1751, by an act of the Connecticut General Court from land belonging to Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties.

* Ferdinand I of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla ( 1751 – 1802, duke from 1765 )

* Ferdinand IV of Naples ( 1751 – 1825, king of Naples from 1759, ruled as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies from 1816 )

The Ridge Road built before 1751 leading north from town was renamed Apple Pie Ridge Road.