Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1751
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Literature
- Cambridge, The Scribleriad
- Coventry, Pompey the Little
- Henry Fielding, Amelia, The Late Increase of Robbers
- Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard
- J. Harris, Hermes
- Eliza Haywood, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
- Samuel Johnson, The Life of Cheynel
- Paltock, Peter Wilkins ???
- Tobias Smollett, Peregrine Pickle
- West, Education ???
Theatre
Art
- Joseph Wright of Derby studies under Hudson (through 1757)
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Choice of
Hercules
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Pierre de Maupertuis, in Système de la Nature,
challenges Needham's demonstration of spontaneous generation
- A. Croustedt of Germany isolates nickel
Politics & Law
- St. John (Bolingbroke), ???
- Clive takes Arcot
- The Gin Act
- Voltaire, Siècle de Louis XIV
- The Currency Act bans the issuing of paper money in the New
England colonies
- Sultan Muhammad Alimudin is imprisoned in Manila, Philippines
Philosophy & Theology
- Jonathan Edwards becomes pastor and missionary to the Indians
in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- David Hume, Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
- Lord Kames, The Principles of Morality and Natural Religion
Milestones
- Death of St. John (Bolinbroke)
- Death of Fordyce
- Death of Frederick Lewis, the Prince of Wales; George III becomes next
in line for the throne
- Birth of Wraxall
Miscellaneous
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