1754
Years:
1751 1752 1753 - 1754 - 1755 1756 1757Decades:
1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780sCenturies:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1754 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Science
Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders ---- From Categories:
births - deaths
1754 was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
- June 19 - The Albany Convention of New England Colonies proposes an American Union
- July - Columbia University founded as King's College by Royal Charter of King George II of England. The college was originally located in Lower Manhattan. Instruction was suspended in 1776 and the school would be reopened in 1784 as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th Century, it would be renamed Columbia University in 1896.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud I (1730-1754) to Osman III (1754-1757)
- Beginning of the French and Indian War in North America.
- Britain and its colonies adopted a new Marriage Act that formulated many of the rules of modern marriage.
Births
- January 15 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
- January 30 - John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. 1829)
- February 2 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
- March 17 - Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793)
- March 23 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
- June 4 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, German scientific editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
- July 11 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician (d. 1825)
- August 2 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
- August 21 - William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
- August 23 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
- September 9 - William Bligh, English sailor (d. 1817)
- September 26 - Joseph Proust, French chemist (d. 1826)
- October 1 - Emperor Paul I of Russia (d. 1801)
- December 24 - George Crabbe, English poet (d. 1832)
- Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795)
- Usman dan Fodio, Nigerian Islamic theologan (d. 1817)
Deaths
- January 10 - Edward Cave, English editor and publishcer (b. 1691)
- January 28 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian dramatist and writer (b. 1684)
- February 16 - Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1763)
- March 6 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1696)
- March 23 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
- April 2 - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
- April 9 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1679)
- April 15 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
- May 14 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
- May 23 - John Wood, the Elder, English architect (b. 1704)
- June 2 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
- July 4 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680)
- October 4 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
- October 8 - Henry Fielding, English novelist (b. 1707)
- November 27 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
- December 12 - Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)
- December 13 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1696)