1754
year
1754 (MDCCLIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1754th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 754th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1754, 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: | 1751 1752 1753 – 1754 – 1755 1756 1757 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1754 MDCCLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2507 |
| Armenian calendar | 1203 ԹՎ ՌՄԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6504 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1675–1676 |
| Bengali calendar | 1161 |
| Berber calendar | 2704 |
| British Regnal year | 27 Geo. 2 – 28 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2298 |
| Burmese calendar | 1116 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7262–7263 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4450 or 4390 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4451 or 4391 |
| Coptic calendar | 1470–1471 |
| Discordian calendar | 2920 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1746–1747 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5514–5515 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1810–1811 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1675–1676 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4854–4855 |
| Holocene calendar | 11754 |
| Igbo calendar | 754–755 |
| Iranian calendar | 1132–1133 |
| Islamic calendar | 1167–1168 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 4 (宝暦４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1679–1680 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4087 |
| Minguo calendar | 158 before ROC 民前158年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 286 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2296–2297 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1880 or 1499 or 727 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1881 or 1500 or 728 |
Events
change- June 19 – The Albany Convention of New England Colonies proposes an American Union
- July – Columbia University founded as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England. The college was originally in Lower Manhattan. Instruction was suspended in 1776 and the school would be reopened in 1784 as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th Century, it would be renamed Columbia University in 1896.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud I (1730-1754) to Osman III (1754-1757)
- Beginning of the French and Indian War in North America.
- Britain and its colonies adopted a new Marriage Act that formulated many of the rules of modern marriage.
Births
change- September 9 – William Bligh, Captain of the Bounty, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1817)