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    The Calendar Riots of 1752: When Britain lost 11 days

     Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:57:00 GMT
    The bill eventually passed through Parliament and implemented calendar reform on Sept 2nd, 1752, which was immediately followed by Thursday 14th - technically removing eleven days out of the month.

    Humphrey Repton (1752-1818)

     Sun, 03 Apr 2022 08:56:00 GMT
    Humphrey Repton was born in Bury St. Edmunds in 1752, the son of a successful tax collector. When he became of age, Repton was expected by his family to become a merchant but he did not display a ...

    Technology Timeline (1752-1990)

     Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:58:00 GMT
    Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiments lead him to a valuable application — the lightning rod, which when placed at the apex of a barn, church steeple, or other structure, conducts ...

    Mi’kmaw fisherman using 1752 treaty, ancestry in legal battle with DFO

     Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:00:00 GMT
    Matthew Cope, 36, of the Millbrook First Nation near Truro, N.S. says he has proof Mi’kmaw Grand Chief Jean Baptiste Cope, who signed the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1752 on behalf of the Mi’kmaq, ...

    John Robert Cozens

     Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:16:00 GMT
    John Robert Cozens (1752 – 14 December 1797) was a British draftsman and painter of romantic watercolour landscapes. Cozens executed watercolors in curious atmospheric effects and illusions which had ...

    14 September 1752: Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar and “loses” 11 days

     Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:00:00 GMT
    If, in 1752, you'd arranged to do anything on any day between 2 September and today, you'd have had a hard time getting it done. And if it was your birthday on any of those days, you'd have a ...

    King George II (1727 - 1760)

     Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:01:00 GMT
    George II was born in Hanover the son of George I and Sophia of Celle. He married Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1705 an attractive and intelligent woman, and they had 9 children. In 1708 he took ...

    Dr Alexander Gordon (1752–99) and contagious puerperal fever

     Sun, 15 Sep 2024 03:14:00 GMT
    Alexander Gordon, one of twin boys, was born in 1752 in the parish of Strachan, 20 miles south west of Aberdeen. Little is known of his early life, but he obtained an MA at Marischal College, and ...

    Maharashtra: Poll authority asks 1,752 'misleading' social media posts to be removed

     Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:15:00 GMT
    The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra has sent notices to social media platforms to remove 1,752 posts containing fake news intended to mislead voters ahead of the November 20 assembly elections.