Historical Events for Year 1751

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Feb 16th - 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
Feb 25th - 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)
Apr 5th - Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
May 1st - 1st American cricket match is played
May 11th - 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
Jul 29th - 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England
Jul 31st - Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses
Aug 24th - Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
Aug 30th - Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
Aug 31st - English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
Sep 12th - Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto
Sep 13th - England signs Austrian & Russian alliance
Oct 20th - Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
Dec 23rd - France sets plan to tax clergymen


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