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* 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
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In American history important spokesmen included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ( 1735 – 1813 ), and John Taylor of Caroline ( 1753 – 1824 ) in the early national period.
* 1660 – Hans Sloane, English collector and physician ( d. 1753 )
** 10 March 1803 – 26 April 1803 Johann Rudolf Dolder ( b. 1753 – d. 1807 )
* 1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect ( d. 1753 )
Its foundations lie in the will of the physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane ( 1660 – 1753 ).
Posen Bambergers ) – German Poles are descendants of settlers from the area near Bamberg, who settled in villages around Posen in the years 1719 – 1753.
* 1753 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect ( b. 1694 )
David Brewster was born at the Canongate in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire to Margaret Key ( 1753 – 1790 ) and James Brewster ( c. 1735 – 1815 ), the rector of Jedburgh Grammar School and a teacher of high reputation.
* Eliphalet Adams, ( 1677 – 1753 ), clergyman and missionary to the Native Americans
A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley ( 1685 – 1753 ), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism.
* 1753 – Évariste de Parny, French poet ( d. 1814 )
Washington's map, accompanying his Journal to the Ohio ( 1753 – 1754 ).
* Lady Mary Gordon ( 1682 – 1753 ), married Alexander Fraser, 13th Lord Saltoun, 26 October 1707
Volume four ( 1753 – 1765 ).
* 1815 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal ( b. 1753 )
* 1687 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect ( d. 1753 )
* 1753 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician ( d. 1825 )
After his return to England in 1750, he made three further voyages as captain of the slave-trading ships Duke of Argyle ( 1750 ) and African ( 1752 – 1753 and 1753 – 1754 ).
1753 and Sweden
* 1700 – Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
Great Britain and its American colonies reformed in 1752, where Wednesday, 2 September 1752 was immediately followed by Thursday, 14 September 1752 ; they were joined by the last Protestant holdout, Sweden, on 1 March 1753.
Sweden finally made the switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1753.
Category: 1753 in Sweden
In 1753, one year later than England and its colonies, Sweden introduced the Gregorian calendar, whereby the leap of 11 days was accomplished in one step, with February 17 being followed by March 1.
1753 and February
In February 1753, after several years residing in Prussia he returned to Italy, living most of the time in Bologna.
Washington was appointed by Governor Dinwiddie as one of the four district adjutants in February 1753, with the rank of major in the Virginia militia.
* February 27 – Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, admiral ( b. 1753 )
Robert Clive married Margaret Maskelyne ( d. 28 December 1817 ) on 18 February 1753, sister of the Rev.
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais ( comte de La Bourdonnais ) ( Saint-Malo, 11 February 1699 – Paris, 10 November 1753 ) was a French naval officer and administrator, in the service of the French East India Company.
The Swedish conversion to the Gregorian calendar was finally accomplished in the usual way in 1753, by omitting the last 11 days of February.
* February 17-Johann Philipp Gabler, German Protestant theologian ( born 1753 )
* February 26-Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard philosopher ( born 1753 )
Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre ( 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821 ) was a French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat.
Johann Philipp Gabler ( June 4, 1753 – February 17, 1826 ) was a German Protestant Christian theologian of the school of Johann Jakob Griesbach and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn.
* February 16-Sophie Stebnowska, singer, actress and harpsichordist ( b. 1753 )
* February 16 – Johann Gottfried Schicht, conductor and composer ( b. 1753 )
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham KG, KP, PC, ( 17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813 ), known as The Earl Temple between 1779 and 1784, was a British statesman.
Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valangin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuchâtel ( February 20, 1753 – June 1, 1815 ), was a Marshal of France, Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff under Napoleon.
* February 4-Giacomo Facco, violinist, conductor and composer ( died 1753 )
On 6 April 1750 he was appointed Governor of Guernsey and on 3 February 1753 he became colonel of the Royal Horse Guards.
* Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet ( 6 November 1753 – 7 February 1827 )-British art patron and amateur painter.
Évariste Desiré de Forges, vicomte de Parny ( February 6, 1753 on the Isle of Bourbon ( Reunion ) – December 5, 1814, Paris, France ) was a French poet.
Jonas Galusha ( February 11, 1753 – September 24, 1834 ) was the sixth and eighth Governor of Vermont for two terms in the early 19th century.
John Troyer ( 3 February 1753 – 28 February 1842 ) was a farmer, businessman, medical practitioner, and exorcist in the Norfolk County, Ontario region.
William Eustis ( June 10, 1753 – February 6, 1825 ) was an early American physician, politician, and statesman.
Commissioned an officer of the French army while still a youth, in 1733 he was appointed governor of Trois-Rivières, and in 1742 of French Louisiana, serving there from to May 10, 1743 to February 9, 1753 and proving himself a skilled officer and capable administrator.
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