Sámi with reindeer in the 1890’s
In the year 1751, the Governor of French Louisiana issues the first police regulations for New Orleans in an attempt to combat crime in that city (Feb 18), cricket is first played in the American colonies in Greenwich Village (Apr 29), fire destroys 1000 houses in Stockholm, Sweden (Jul 31), 19-year old George Washington becomes seriously ill with smallpox in Barbados (Nov 17), the Cherokee nation signs a treaty with British colonial authorities (Nov 29), the Lapp Codicil of 1751 - still considered of importance - secures the right of the Sami to continue their nomadic lifestyle between borders - and all these fine people were born:
1751-xxxx Simon McTavish* fur trader in Canada/philanthropist/to North America at age 13 - Stratherrick, Inverness, Scotland (1804/c.54)
1751-0112 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies* - Royal Palace, Naples (1825/73)
1751-0131 Priscilla Wakefield* (b Bell) Quaker writer/ philanthropist - Tottenham, London, England (1832/81)
1751-0220 Johann Heinrich Voss* classicist/poet - Sommersdorf, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Holy Roman Empire (1826/75)
1751-0223 Henry Dearborn* soldier and statesman - North Hampton, New Hampshire, British America (1829/78)
1751-0304 Karl Johan Fagerström* lawyer/ statesman/mayor - Vähäkyrö, Sweden-Finland (1799/48)
1751-0316 James Madison Jr.* politician/4usp - Port Conway, Virginia, British America (1836/85)
1751-0317 Anders Dahl* botanist - Varnhem, Västergötland, Sweden (1789/38)
1751-0405 Marie-Aimée Lullin* transcriber and observer for her blind entomologist husband - Switzerland (1822/70)
1751-0508 Nils Strömbäck* organ player and manufacturer - Vaasa, Sweden-Finland (c.1790/c.49)
1751-0531 John Abbot* entomologist/artist - London, England (1840/49)
1751-0617 Joshua Humphreys* ship builder/“Father of the American Navy” - Ardmore, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania (1838/86)
1751-0730 Maria Anna Mozart* musician/sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire (1829/78)
1751-0802 Matti Pukanhaava* religious leader/preacher - Kankaanpää, Sweden-Finland (1833/82)
1751-0819 Samuel Prescott* fought for America’s independence - Concord, Massachusetts (ca.1777)
1751-0905 François Joseph Westermann* French Revolutionary leader/ general - Molsheim, France (1794/42)
1751-1026 Johan Frosterus* bishop in Kalajoki - Haukipudas, Sweden-Finland (1838/86)
1751-1030 Richard Brinsley Sheridan* playwright/poet/ long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal - Dublin, Ireland (1816/64)
1751-1112 Margaret Corbin* fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War/given a pension by Congress - Franklin County, Pennsylvania (1800/48)
1751-1201 Johan Henrik Kellgren* poet/critic - Floby, Västergötland, Sweden (1795/43)
1751-1204 Adolph Lindskog* ship builder active in Finland - Stockholm, Sweden (1836/84)
1751-1204 Anna Rogel* preacher - Merikarvia, Sweden-Finland (1784/32)
Updated 25.5.2022-2
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