Year by year · 18th century

1751

1751 in world history: 3 events, 9 births, 4 deaths, 1 state founded and 2 that came to an end. 1,279 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 14 December

    The Theresian Military Academy is founded at Wiener Neustadt

    The Theresian Military Academy was founded in the castle of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, once a residence of Emperor Frederick III. The Austrian Armed Forces still train their officers there.

    Wiener Neustadt
ProfileState1096 states with a known seat in 1751Open the atlas at 1751 →

In the profiles

  • EnlightenmentThe first volume of the Encyclopédie, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert, appears in Paris
  • SámiThe Lapp Codicil to the Strömstad Treaty sets out how Sámi may use the land across the Swedish–Norwegian border

Born in 1751 9

Died in 1751 4

States founded 1

States that came to an end 2

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