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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".
January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which had changed New Year's Day to January 1 in 1600) adopts today as the first day of the year as part of adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which is completed in September: today is the first day of the New Year under the terms of last year's Calendar Act of the British Parliament. [52]
November 18: Westminster Bridge is dedicated in London.. 1750 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1750th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 750th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1750s decade.
The regnal calendar ("nth year of the reign of King X", abbreviated to "n X", etc.) continues to be utilized in many official British government and legal documents of historical interest, notably parliamentary statutes prior to 1963, and prior to 1867 in the case law collected in the year books, nominative reporters, and digests, and in the ...
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
Pages in category "Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1750" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Calendar (New Style) Act 1750; Constables ...
Events from the year 1750 in Great Britain. Incumbents Monarch ... 2 May – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (died 1780) 6 June ...