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Events in June 1752 5
1692 – 1752Joseph Butler (1692-1752)Died 16 June 1752, aged 60Butler was Bishop of Durham and one of the most influential English theologians and moral philosophers of his era. His 1736 work "The Analogy of Religion" remained a standard defence of Christianity against deism for over a century.
1752Siege of Trichinopoly ends in French surrenderTurning point in the Second Carnatic War in southern IndiaFrench forces under Jacques Law de Lauriston, besieged on the island of Srirangam, surrendered to British East India Company and allied troops in June 1752. The defeat broke French ambitions in the Carnatic and secured Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah's position as Nawab under British protection.
1752 – 1840Frances Burney (1752-1840)Died 6 January 1840, aged 87Frances Burney, also known as Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist and diarist best known for her novel Evelina. Her detailed journals offer a vivid record of 18th-century British society. She died on 6 January 1840 in London.
1752Treaty of Aranjuez signedAustria and Spain guarantee the territorial status quo in ItalySigned on 14 June 1752, the treaty bound Austria, Spain, and the Italian states of Sardinia-Piedmont and Parma-Piacenza-Guastalla to uphold the existing territorial settlement in Italy. It helped stabilise the peninsula following the War of the Austrian Succession.
1752Georgia becomes a British crown colonyTrustees surrender their charter a year earlyThe Trustees of the Province of Georgia surrendered their charter to the British crown on 23 June 1752, ending the colony's original philanthropic governing arrangement. Georgia was thereafter administered as a standard royal colony.