Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. [1] [2] [3] Events [ edit ] January–March [ edit ]

December 29– Two physicians in Jamaica, Dr. John Williams and Dr. Parker Bennet, fight a duel "with swords and pistols" after having had an argument the day before about the treatment of bilious fever. Both are mortally wounded during the fight. [27] Widmann, Carlo Aurelio; Chiggiato, Alvise (1995). La nave ben manovrata, ossia, Trattato di manovra. Venice: La Malcontenta. pp.ii–iii. OCLC 46795739.The changing of the calendar was indeed one of the issues debated in the election campaign of 1754 between the Whigs and the Tories. Examiners' report - The impact of empire on Britain 1688-c.1730 with urban environments: patterns of migration J410/11 - PDF 623KB

The Viceroy of New Spain, Juan Francisco de Güemes, issues a notice to the missionaries in Nuevo Santander (which includes parts of what are now the U.S. state of Texas, including San Antonio, and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas) to work peacefully to convert the indigenous Karankawa people to Roman Catholicism. [9] To get over this problem, the Gregorian calendar was introduced. This is a solar calendar, based on a 365-day year divided into 12 months. Each month consists of either 30 or 31 days with one month, February, consisting of 28 days. A leap year every 4 years adds an extra day to February making it 29 days long. This notation in parentheses is also common: 1750/12 = 145.8(3): However, in daily use it’s likely you come across the reptend indicated as ellipsis: 1750 / 12 = 145.83… . July 25– Henry Knox, military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, 1st United States Secretary of War (b. 1806) June – Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies. [2]Question Paper - The English reformation c.1520–c.1550 with castles: form and function c.1000–1750 J410/12 - PDF 1MB However, most historians now believe that these protests never happened. You could say that the calendar rioters were the late Georgian equivalent of an urban myth. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p.976. ISBN 0-333-57688-8. Mark scheme - Personal rule to restoration 1629–1660 with castles: form and function c.1000–1750 J410/13 - PDF 423KB Note that you may use our state-of-the-art calculator above to obtain the quotient of any two integers or whole numbers, including 1750 and 12, of course.