1753

1753 (MDCCLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1753rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 753rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1753, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1720s  1730s  1740s  – 1750s –  1760s  1770s  1780s
Years:	1750 1751 1752 – 1753 – 1754 1755 1756

1753 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1753 MDCCLIII
Ab urbe condita	2506
Armenian calendar	1202 ԹՎ ՌՄԲ
Assyrian calendar	6503
Balinese saka calendar	1674–1675
Bengali calendar	1160
Berber calendar	2703
British Regnal year	26 Geo. 2 – 27 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2297
Burmese calendar	1115
Byzantine calendar	7261–7262
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4449 or 4389     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4450 or 4390
Coptic calendar	1469–1470
Discordian calendar	2919
Ethiopian calendar	1745–1746
Hebrew calendar	5513–5514
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1809–1810
- Shaka Samvat	1674–1675
- Kali Yuga	4853–4854
Holocene calendar	11753
Igbo calendar	753–754
Iranian calendar	1131–1132
Islamic calendar	1166–1167
Japanese calendar	Hōreki 3 (宝暦３年)
Javanese calendar	1678–1679
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4086
Minguo calendar	159 before ROC 民前159年
Nanakshahi calendar	285
Thai solar calendar	2295–2296
Tibetan calendar	阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1879 or 1498 or 726     — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1880 or 1499 or 727

Events

• January 1 – Britain and its colonies adopt the idea that 1 January should be New Year's Day, following adoption of the Gregorian calendar in September 1752. The concept was first conceived in 1582, but suffered from slow public adoption.
• January 13 – Sentenced conspirators of the Tavora affair are executed
• January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted. Following criminal trial causes uproar.
• April 5 – Founding charter of the British Museum

• Sweden adopts Gregorian calendar
• British parliament extends citizenship to Jews
• Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus on 1 May, adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature as the formal start date of the scientific classification of plants
• James Lind writes A Treatise of the Scurvy
• Tobias Smollett writes Ferdinand Count Fathom
• Robert Wallace writes On the Numbers of Man

Births

for more information, see Category:1753 births.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1753 deaths.