1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
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March 8 - William Roscoe, English writer (died 1831)
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March 26 - Benjamin Thompson, physicist and inventor (died 1814)
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May 8 - Miguel Hidalgo, Catholic priest, known as "the Father of Mexican Independence" (died 1811)
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May 13 - Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot, mathematician (died 1823)
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August 10 - Edmund Randolph, American politician (died 1813)
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August 12 - Thomas Bewick, English wood engraver (died 1828)
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September 10 - John Soane, British architect (died 1837)
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December 3 - Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule (died 1827)
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Phillis Wheatley, American poet, born in Africa (died 1784)
Deaths