1756
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s – 1750s – 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1753 1754 1755 – 1756 – 1757 1758 1759 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1756 MDCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2509 |
| Armenian calendar | 1205 ԹՎ ՌՄԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6506 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1677–1678 |
| Bengali calendar | 1163 |
| Berber calendar | 2706 |
| British Regnal year | 29 Geo. 2 – 30 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2300 |
| Burmese calendar | 1118 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7264–7265 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4452 or 4392 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4453 or 4393 |
| Coptic calendar | 1472–1473 |
| Discordian calendar | 2922 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1748–1749 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5516–5517 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1812–1813 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1677–1678 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4856–4857 |
| Holocene calendar | 11756 |
| Igbo calendar | 756–757 |
| Iranian calendar | 1134–1135 |
| Islamic calendar | 1169–1170 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 6 (宝暦６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1681–1682 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4089 |
| Minguo calendar | 156 before ROC 民前156年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 288 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2298–2299 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1882 or 1501 or 729 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1883 or 1502 or 730 |
1756 (MDCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1756th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 756th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1756, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]Births
[change | change source]- January 27 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
- February 6 – Aaron Burr, American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
- March 3 – William Godwin, English journalist (d. 1836)
- May – John Macadam, Scottish engineer, invented Tarmac for the roads (d. 1836)