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The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 23), also known as Chesterfield's Act or (in American usage) the British Calendar Act of 1751, is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its purpose was for Great Britain and the British Empire to adopt the Gregorian calendar (in effect).
In the Kingdom of Great Britain and its possessions, the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 introduced two concurrent changes to the calendar. The first, which applied to England, Wales, Ireland and the British colonies, changed the start of the year from 25 March to 1 January, with effect from "the day after 31 December 1751".
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Papal dispensation to return to Julian calendar applied for in 1630, in operation by 1641 [20] Ireland: Kingdom of Ireland: 1752 2 Sept 14 Sept 11 The British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 also applied to Ireland (as stated in its preamble). For details, see Calendar Act: Ireland. Italy: various 1582 4 Oct 15 Oct 10 [11] [12] Italy
An Act for granting to his Majesty an additional Duty upon Spirituous Liquors, and upon Licences for retailing the same; and for repealing the Act of the twentieth year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for granting a Duty to his Majesty to be paid by Distillers upon Licences to be taken out by them for retailing Spirituous ...
- Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750, and Calendar Act, 1751, extended to Ireland, [S. 3 (in pt.)] - Calender Act, 1781." The original of that Act starts here and section 3 is here - "all such statutes made in England or Great Britain, as concern the stile or calendar ... shall be accepted, used and executed in this kingdom, according to the ...
For centuries, English official public documents have been dated according to the regnal years of the ruling monarch.Traditionally, parliamentary statutes are referenced by regnal year, e.g. the Occasional Conformity Act 1711 is officially referenced as "10 Ann. c. 6" (read as "the sixth chapter of the statute of the parliamentary session that sat in the 10th year of the reign of Queen Anne").
2 May – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died 1780) 6 June – William Morgan, actuary (died 1833) 13 June – James Burney, admiral (died 1821) 26 September – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (died 1810)