These pages list the key dates in the history of the sailing navies of the world.
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01 September
1747
HMS Hind (14) foundered in North America.
1748
HMS Serpent bomb (12) wrecked
1762
HMS Lyon (60), Cptn. Le Cross, captured French frigate Zephyre (26).
1810
The Danish brig Lougen, Lt. Cdr. Jochum N. Müller, and the brig Langeland, Lt. Thomas Lütken, together with 3 schooners, under Lt. Broder Wigelsen arrived at Trondhjem, Norway, following a successful expedition to the Northern Atlantic, bringing 11 large prizes.
1812
Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, captured French national xebec Tisiphone (3), two gunboats and seven vessels from a convoy, at Port Lemo, Adriatic.
1814
A British squadron under Rear Ad. Edward Griffith's capture Castine in Penobscot Bay.
HMS Avon (18), Hon. James Arbuthnot, sunk by USS Wasp sloop (22), Cptn. Johnston Blakely, off L'Orient.
02 September
1759
The naval Battle of Pondicherry. Indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Comte d'Aché.
1762
HMS Aeolus (32), Cptn. William Lord Hotham, drove Spanish West-Indiaman St. Joseph ashore in Aviles Bay near Cape Pinas and set her on fire.
1782
HMS Duc de Chartres (16), Cptn. J. C. Purvis, took French frigate Aigle (22) .
1801
Start of long engagement in which HMS Victor (18), George Ralph Collier, destroyed a French corvette Fleche (20), Lt. Bonamy, in the inner harbour at Mahe, Seychelles.
HMS Minerve (38), Cptn. George Cockburn, HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. Gower, and HMS Phoenix (36), Cptn. L. W. Halsted, chased Le Succes (32) which ran aground off Vado and struck and La Bravoure which grounded off Livorno and was wrecked.
1807
Bombardment of Second Battle of Copenhagen commenced by British fleet under Admiral Gambier.
1809
Danish gunboat flotilla from Fladstrand, Northern Jutland, under Lt. Nicolai H. Tuxen, takes brig HMS Minx (14), Lt. George Le Blanc, that was stationed as a light ship off Skagen Reef.
1811
Danish brigs Lolland, Samsø and Alsen, under Cdr. Hans P. Holm, attacks 2 British brigs in the River Ems, Norway and HMS Manly (14), Lt. Martin White, is taken.
1812
Boats of HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker, brought out a French letter of marque, St. Esprit, from the River Mignore near Civita Vecchia.
03 September
1665
British squadron under Lord Sandwich captures the Dutch East India Fleet.
1691
HMS Coronation (90) sank in a storm whilst attempting to get into Plymouth Sound
1782
As a token of gratitude for French aid during American Revolution, the U.S. gives America (first ship-of-the-line built by U.S.) to France to replace a French ship lost in Boston.
Hughes engaged Suffren (4th action).
1783
Britain and US sign treaty of Paris formally ending War of Independance
1800
Boats of HMS Minotaur (74), Cptn. Thomas Louis, and HMS Niger (33), Cptn. James Hillyer, cut out corvettes La Paz (22) and Esmeralda (22) from the Roads off Barcelona.
1811
HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, and HMS Redpole (10), Colin M'Donald, engaged a flotilla of Boulogne.
A Court of Inquiry began to sit, to investigate the conduct of Commodore Rodgers, USS President (44) respecting his affair with HMS Little Belt (20), Arthur Batt Bingham
1813
6 Danish cannon shallops, under Lt. Martinus C. Klaumann, en route on the Eider to reinforce the naval forces at Glückstadt, fight their way through a British blockade, consisting of 13 gunboats and 4 armed shallops. 2 British gunboats are sunk.
1814
American frigate USS Adams (28) and 10 vessels destroyed by British squadron under Rear Ad. Edward Griffith's up the Penobscot river at Hamden.
Boats of HMS Nancy (3) captured U.S. schooner Tigress.
04 September
1777
HMS Druid (16), Cptn. Carteret, attacked by American frigate Raleigh (36), Cptn. Thomas Thompson, while escorting a convoy.
1782
HMS Rainbow (44), Cptn. Henry Trollope, took French frigate Hebe (40) off the Ile de Bas.
1801
HMS Proselyte (32) wrecked off St. Martin the West Indies
1804
USS Intrepid fireship, Lt. Richard Somers, blew up in failed attack on Tripoli with loss of all hands.
De Ruyter (32), Joseph Beckett, lost in a hurricane in Deep Bay, Antigua.
1807
The island of Heligoland is occupied by British forces
1812
Boats of HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker, brought out a government transport, Fidelle, laden with ship's timbers from the entrance to the Orbitello Lake.
1839
British action with junks at Kowlung.
05 September
1770
William Bligh entered as Midshipman on HMS Hunter.
1776
Adoption of first uniforms for US Navy officers
1781
First day of Second Naval Battle of the Virginia Capes. French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves
1800
French at Malta capitulated.
1806
HMS Wolf (16), George Charles Mackenzie, wrecked in the Bahamas
1807
HMS Majestic (74), Cptn. George Hart, and HMS Quebec (32) took Heligoland.
1810
Boats of HMS Surveillante (36), Cptn. George Ralph Collier, captured a French brig sheltering between the batteries of St. Guildas and St. Jaques near the Loire.
1813
Brig USS Enterprise (16), Lt. William Burrows (Killed in Action), captures HM brig Boxer, Samuel Blyth (Killed in Action), off Portland, Maine.
06 September
1781
HMS Savage (14), Charles Stirling, taken by American privateer Congress (24), Cptn. Gedded, off Charleston.
1800
HMS Stag (32), Cptn. Robert Winthrop, parted her cables in Vigo bay and was laid her on her beam ends by strong winds. She made sail, but hurricane force winds drove her on shore at Point Subudo where she was holed on a rock. After some of her stores had been salvaged the Rear Admiral ordered her to be burnt.
1808
HMS Recruit (18), Chas. Napier, engaged French sloop Diligente (18) off Antigua.
1811
HMS Pilot (18), John Toup Nicholas, dispersed troops at Castellan.
1814
HMS Nancy, captured Scorpion in Lake Huron.
07 September
1776
David Bushnell attempts to destroy a British Ship of the Line, HMS Asia (64), Cptn. George Vanderput, in New York harbor with his submarine American Turtle.
1798
HMS Phaeton (38), Cptn. Robert Stopford, and HMS Alison captured Flore.
1809
Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. Henry Duncan, captured French schooner Pugliese in the port of Barletta, Adriatic.
1810
Boats of HMS Dreadnought (98), Cptn. G. B. Salt, carried a French vessel.
1811
HMS Barbadoes (28), Capt. Edward Rushworh, and HMS Goshawk (16), James Lilburne, engaged seven French brigs, each armed with 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar, near the Calvados Rocks, Baie de la Seine and drove one ashore..
1834
HMS Imogene (28), Cptn. Price Blackwood, and HMS Andromache (28), Cptn. Henry Ducie Chads, engaged in the Canton River.
1864
USS Wachusett captures CSS Florida at Bahia, Brazil
08 September
1656
Frigate squadron under Vice Ad. Sir Richard Stayner captures two treasure ships of the Spanish plate fleet off Cadiz
1801
HMS Sylph (18), Charles Dashwood, engaged Artemise.
1811
HMS Hotspur (36), Cptn. Hon. Joscelin Percy, engaged a number of French vessels near near Calvados, Baie de la Seine , sunk one brig, drove two on shore. She grounded as she came within gun-shot but was got off with assistance from HMS Barbadoes (28), Capt. Edward Rushworh, and HMS Goshawk (16), James Lilburne, after 4 hours under fire from the shore.
1812
HMS Laura cutter (10), Lt. Charles Newton Hunter, captured by French privateer brig Diligent off the Delaware river.
09 September
1754
William Bligh born at Plymouth
1796
HMS Arrogant (74), Cptn. R. Lucas, and HMS Victorious (74) engaged six French frigates.
1803
Boats of HMS Sheerness (44), Cptn. J. S. Carden, captured two chasse-marees.
1811
HMS Bucephalus (32), Capt. Charles Pelly, started a 5 day engagement with Nymphe and Midusa off Java.
1841
First iron ship authorized by Congress
10 September
1778
French frigate Junon (32), Cptn. Vicomte de Beaumont, captured the HMS Fox (28), Cptn. Hon. Thomas Windsor (Killed in Action), off Brest
1807
HMS Explosion Bomb (10), Edward Ellicot, wrecked on a reef near Sandy Island, Heligoland.
1811
Boats of HMS Victory (100) Cptn. George Honey, captured Danish gunboats
1813
In Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeats British squadron, HMS Detroit and 5 consorts captured.
1814
Start of attack on Baltimore by a British squadron under Vice Ad. Sir Alexander Cochrane.
1840
Bombardment of Beyrout by a British squadron under Admiral Robert Stopford.
11 September
1696
HMS Sapphire (32) sunk by the French off Bay of Bulls, Newfoundland.
1751
HMS Fox (24) foundered during a hurricane off Jamaica
1781
HMS Richmond (32), Cptn. Charles Hudson, and HMS Iris (28), Cptn. George Dawson, having been ordered to enter the Chesapeake and cut away the buoys left when the French slipped their cables, were taken when the fleet under the Comte de Grasse returned as they were completing the task.
HMS Terrible (74) was burnt as unseaworthy due to damage received at the Battle of the Capes.
1782
HMS Warwick (50) and HMS Lion (64) took L'Aigle (40) French frigate.
1800
Curacoa capitulated to British.
1809
HMS Diana cutter (10), Lt. William Kempthorne, captured Dutch brig Zephyr (14) off the island of Celebes.
1810
Boats of HMS Africaine (38), Cptn. Robert Corbett, engaged a French schooner up a small creek on the Ile Ronde, Mauritius Although they boarded her, she had to be abandoned when soldiers on the banks killed two men and wounded sixteen.
1814
In Battle of Lake Champlain, American squadron under Commodore Thomas Macdonough, USS Saratoga (26), USS Eagle (20), USS Ticonderago (17), USS Preble (7) and 10 gun boats defeats a British Squadron,of HMS Confiance (36), Cptn. George Downie (Killed in Action) , HMS Linnet (16), Cptn. Daniel Pring, HMS Chubb (10) and HMS Finch (8) all taken.
1840
Attack on castle of Gebail by HMS Carysfort (26), Cptn. Byam Martin, and consorts.
12 September
1758
HMS Shrewsbury (74), Cptn. Hugh Palliser, drove French frigate Calypso ashore off Brest.
1780
HMS Vestal (28), Cptn. George Keppel, accompanied by HMS Fairy (14) took American privateer Phoenix (16).
1792
Trial of some of the Bounty mutineers at Portsmouth.
13 September
1782
Grand attack upon Gibraltar by the Spaniards.
1799
HMS Arrow (28), N. Portlock, and HMS Wolverine (16), William Bolton, captured Batavian Draak (24) and Gier (14)anchored under the island of Ulie at the entrance to the Texel. Draak turned out to be a sheer hulk so Cptn. Bolton burnt her.
1801
HMS Lark (16), Lt. Johnstone, captured Spanish privateer schooner Esperance, within the Portillo Reefs, Cuba.
British attack on Porto Ferrajo, Elba.
1803
HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. W. Selby and consorts bombard Granville.
1810
HMS Africaine (38), Cptn. Robert Corbett (Killed in Action), taken by Astree (38) and Iphigenie (38), but re-taken by HMS Boadicea (38), Cptn. Josias Rowley.
14 September
1779
HMS Pearl (32), Cptn George Montagu, took Spanish frigate Santa Monica (32) off the Western Islands.
1803
Dieppe bombarded by HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, and bombs HMS Perseus and HMS Explosion, Cptn. Paul.
1806
HMS Bellisle (74), Cptn. William Hargood, HMS Bellona (74), Cptn. John Erskine Douglas, and HMS Melampus (36), Cptn. Stephen Poyntz, drove Impetueux (74), Cptn. le Veyer aground some 35 miles off Cape Henry. They took off the crew and set fire to her.
1840
Batroun captured by HMS Hastings (72), Cptn. John Lawrence, HMS Carysfort (26), Cptn. Byam Martin, and HMS Cyclops.
15 September
1747
HMS Lyme (24) foundered in the Atlantic
1806
HMS Anson (64), Cptn. Charles Lydiard, engaged French Foudroyant (80)
1808
French frigate Canonniere (44), Cptn. Bourayne, captured HMS Laurel (22), Cptn. J. C. Woolcombe, off Port Louis in Mauritius.
1814
HMS Hermes (20), Cptn. Hon. William Henry Percy, and HMS Sophie (18), Cptn. Lockyer, engaged Fort Bowyer on Mobile Point. Consorts HMS Carron, and HMS Childers (18), J. B. Umfreville, did not engage. Whilst withdrawing, Hermes, with all her rigging shot away, was unmanageable and grounded with her stern to the fort. Boats of the squadron took off the crew and she was set on fire, subsequently exploding.
16 September
1762
HMS Humber (44) wrecked on Hazeboro Sands
1776
HMS Savage (8) wrecked at Louisburg, Nova Scotia.
1782
HMS Glorieux (74), Cptn. Hon. T. Cadogan, foundered and HMS Ramillies (74) burnt after being damaged in a hurricane off Newfoundland
1813
Boats of HMS Swallow (18), Edward Reynolds Sibly, took French government transport Guerriere (4) close to Port d'Anzo (Anzio).
17 September
1797
HMS Pelican (18), Lt. Thomas White (Act.), destroyed French privateer Trompeur (12) off St. Domingo.
1807
HMS Barbara (10), Lt. Edward D'Arcy, captured by privateer General Ernouf (14).
1812
Boats of HMS Eagle (74), Cptn. Charles Rowley, capture 2 gunboats and 15 vessels laden with oil and destroy 6 gunboats off the mouths of the Po.
1840
Caiffa captured by HMS Castor (26), Cptn. Edward Collier, and HMS Pique (36), Cptn. Robert Boxer.
1861
Union landing party from USS Massachusetts takes possession of Ship Island south of New Orleans, LA.
18 September
1666
Capture of the French Rubis (60) by British squadron under Ad. Sir Thomas Allin.
1740
Departure from St. Helens of Commodore George Anson on voyage of circumnavigation on board HMS Centurion (60) with HMS Gloucester (50), HMS Severn (48), Cptn. Hon. Edward Legge, HMS Pearl (42), Cptn. Matthew Mitchell, HMS Wager (24), Cptn. Dandy Kidd, the sloop HMS Trial, Cdr. Francis Holburne, and two storeships, Anna and Industry.
1743
HMS Bridgewater (24), Cptn. William Fielding, lost off Newfoundland
1804
HMS Centurion (50), Cptn. J. Lind (Lt. J. E. Phillips Acting for part of the action as Lind was ashore), engaged French Marengo (74), Rear- Admiral Linois, Atalante (40) and Semillante (36) in Vizagapatam Road
1810
HMS Ceylon (38), Cptn. Charles Gordon, taken by French Venus (44), Commodore Hamelin, and Victor (16) off Mauritius.
HMS Boadicea (38), Cptn. Josias Rowley, HMS Otter (18), Cptn. James Tompkinson, and HMS Staunch (14) Lt. Benjamin Street, took French Venus (44), Commodore Hamelin, and retook HMS Ceylon (38).
1812
Capture of 8 armed and 18 merchant vessels by boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, off the coast of Apulia.
19 September
1700
HMS Carlisle (48), Cptn. Francis Dove, blew up by an unknown accident in the Downs while the captain was on shore. All the crew on board were lost.
20 September
1709
HMS Plymouth (60), Cptn. Jonas Hanway, captured French Ariadne (40)
1746
First day of Admiral Richard Lestock's attempt to capture of the French East India company's dockyard at L'Orient.
1799
HMS Rattlesnake (16), Lt. William Fothergill (Acting as Lt. Samuel Gooch commanding was ashore), and armed storeship HMS Camel (26), John Lee, engaged French frigate Freueuse (46) in Algoa Bay
1803
HMS Princess Augusta cutter (8), Lt. J. W. Scott (Killed in Action), repulsed Dutch cutters Union and Wraak. 45 miles N. E. of Texel.
1811
Buonaparte being off Boulogne, ordered seven armed praams to attack HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Philip Carteret, but they were all repulsed, and compelled to seek shelter under their batteries.
1839
Thomas Masterman Hardy died.
21 September
1742
HMS Tilbury (60), Cptn. Digby Dent (2), burnt by accident off Hispaniola.
1759
Adam Duncan promoted commander into HMS Royal Exchange
1779
HMS Suffolk (74) and squadron took Fortunle, Blanche and Elise.
1782
HMS Centaur (74) foundered in severe gale off Newfoundland banks.
1809
HMS Raisonnable (64), Cptn. Josias Rowley, and consorts took St. Paul, Bourbon.
1811
HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Philip Carteret, with HMS Redpole (10), Colin M'Donald, HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, HMS Castilian (18), David Braimer, and HMS Viper (4), Lt. Edward A. D'Arcy, again attacked off Boulogne but the enemy fled as before, leaving one praam Ville de Lyon (12), M. Barbaudin, taken by Naiad.
1813
HMS Goshawk Sloop (16), Hon. William John Napier, wrecked to the eastward of the Mole Head, Barcelona.
1858
Sloop Niagara departs Charleston, SC, for Liberia with African slaves rescued from slave ship.
22 September
1776
John Paul Jones in Providence sails into Canso Bay, Nova Scotia, and attacks British fishing fleet.
1777
HMS Alert (10), Lt. John Bazely, took American brig privateer Lexington (16).
1796
HMS Amphion (32), Cptn. Israel Pellew, caught fire at Plymouth and violently exploded alongside a sheer-hulk.
1797
HMS Hermione (32) handed over to the Spanish by her mutinous crew at La Guira.
23 September
1705
Barcelona capitulates to British.
1739
Chester and Canterbury capture Spanish Carracca ship San Joseph
1757
Squadron under Ad. Charles Knowles bombarded the Isle of Aix.
1779
John Paul Jones in Bonhomme Richard defeats HMS Serapis (44), Cptn. Richard Pearson, and American Pallas defeats HMS Countess of Scarborough off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.
1796
HMS Pelican (18), Cptn. John Clarke Searle, engaged French Mé,dé e (40).
24 September
1695
HMS Winchester (60) foundered off Cape Florida
1757
HMS Southampton (32), Cptn. James Gilchrist, captured French Frigate Emenaude (26)
HMS Tilbury (58), Cptn. Henry Barnsley, wrecked and HMS Ferret (14) foundered off Louisburg during a hurricane
1787
Sir John Jervis and Adam Duncan promoted to Rear-Admiral.
Samuel Hood promoted Vice-Admiral of the Blue
1840
Tyre captured by HMS Castor (26), Cptn. Edward Collier, and HMS Pique (36), Cptn. Robert Boxer.
25 September
1806
Rochefort squadron, Cptn. Sir Samuel Hood acting as Commodore, of 6 ships-of-the-line and a frigate, including HMS Centaur (74), Cptn. W. H. Webley, HMS Monarch (74), and HMS Mars (74), Cptn. Lukin, and HMS Revenge (74), Capt. Robert Moorsom, engaged French squadron of five frigates, Gloire (40), Indefatigable (44), Minerve (44), Armide (44) and Themis (36) and two brigs Lynx (18) and Sylphe (18) bound for the West Indies. Gloire, Indefatigable, Minerve and Armide, all crowded with troops, were taken.
1809
HMS Carieux Sloop (18), Henry George Moysey, wrecked off Petit Terre, Island of Marigalante, West Indies.
26 September
1748
Cuthbert Collingwood born in Newcastle Upon Tyne
1800
HMS Hound Sloop (16), William James Turquand, wrecked near Shetland.
1805
HMS Calcutta (50), Cptn. Daniel Woodriff, whilst escorting a convoy near the Scillies drew off a French squadron of a three-decker and four ships-of-the-line with frigates and other vessels. She was captured by French ship-of-the-line Magnanime and frigate Armide (44) but all the convoy except 1 ship made their escape.
1814
Boats of HMS Plantagenet (74), Cptn. Robert Lloyd, and HMS Rota (38), Cptn. Somerville, covered by HMS Carnation (18), George Bentahm, repulsed by American privateer schooner General Armstrong, Cptn. Samuel C. Reid, at anchor in the road at Fayal in the Azores.
1840
Attack on Tortosa, Syria by boats of HMS Benbow (72), Cptn. Houston Stewart, HMS Carysfort (26), Cptn. Byam Martin, and HMS Zebra (18), Robert Stopford. The attack failed as the boats grounded on a reef and there were many casualties before they could be got off.
27 September
1778
HMS Experiment (50) and HMS Unicorn (26) captured Continental Navy frigate Raleigh (32), John Barry, off Boston
1803
Calais bombarded by HMS Autumn, Samuel Jackson, and consorts.
1806
HMS Dispatch (18), Edward Hawkins, captured French frigate Presidente (40).
1810
Batteries stormed and carried at Pointe du Che by British.
1811
Buonaparte establishes a maritime conscription in the Hanseatic Towns.
1813
HMS Bold Sloop (14), John Skekel, wrecked on Prince Edward's Island.
1840
Sidon captured by HMS Thunderer (84) and squadron.
HMS Imogene (28) burnt while in ordinary in the covered South Dock at Plymouth. The fire started in HMS Talavera (74) and spread through the dockyard sheds and stacked timber. The fire also reached HMS Minden (74), but she was saved, and the Adelaide Gallery, where many important relics and trophies were lost.
28 September
1652
English fleet of 68 ships,under Robert Blake, defeats Dutch fleet of 62 ships, under Vice-Admiral Witte de With, at the Battle of Kentish Knock, off the mouth of the Thames.
1799
HMS Blanche (32), Cptn. John Ayscough, wrecked after grounding several times in the Texel.
HMS Fox (18), Lt. James Woolridge, wrecked in St. George's Sound, Gulf of Mexico. The crew were stranded on the reef for 32 days.
1805
Nelson joins Collingwood in blockading Cadiz
1807
HMS Louisa (14), Lt. Joseph Hoy, engaged French privateer Le Marsouin (14)
1810
Boats of HMS Rambler (14), Robert Hall, defeated French Dragoons and took a privateer in the river at Barbate that they were protecting.
1822
Sloop-of-war USS Peacock (22), Cdr. Cassis, captures 5 pirate vessels at Funda Bay
1850
Congress outlaws flogging on US Navy ships
29 September
1758
Horatio Nelson Born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.
1795
HMS Southampton (32) engaged Vestale.
1803
Boats of HMS Antelope (50), Commodore Sir Sidney Smith, reconnoitre the enemy fleet in the Texel. At daylight they were pursued by two schooners and five rowing gun vessels and, when the latter became separated, they attacked and sank one before the cutters could reach them.
HMS Leda (38), Cptn. Robert Honeyman, drove ashore 2 gun-vessels off Boulogne.
1808
HMS Maria gun brig, Lieut. James Bennett (Killed in Action), captured by French corvette Departement des Landes (22) off Point Antigua, Grand Terre, Guadeloupe. The French ran her on shore and left her a wreck.
1812
HMS Barbadoes (28), Cptn. Thomas Huskisson, and 2 of the convoy she was escorting wrecked on Sable Island, Bermuda.
Capture of 4 French vessels at Valencia by HMS Minstrel (18), John Strutt Peyton.
Attack on Mittau, Riga by flotilla of Russian and British gunboats.
1829
USS Hornet (20) lost in gale of Tampico, Mexico
30 September
1780
HMS Pearl (32), Cptn George Montagu, took French frigate Esperance (28) off Bermuda
1800
U.S. concludes treaty of peace with France, ending Quasi War with France.
1814
HMS Crane Sloop (18), Robert Standly, foundered in the West Indies with the loss of all hands.
1822
HMS Eliza tender (1) engaged two pirates off Guajaba and took one Firme Union (5).
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*Dates of events prior to September 1752 may be quoted differently in some countries as both the Julian and Gregorian calendars were in use by countries. Calendars were regularised when Britain passed the Calendar Act of 1751 An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use.