1757

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Years: 1754 1755 1756 - 1757 - 1758 1759 1760

Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Template:C18YearInTopic

1757 was a normal year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). June 1757

British military entered the Indian subcontinent for the first time and Battle of Plassey took place on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

January

• January 2 - Britain captures Calcutta, India.

February

March

• March 14 - Seven Years' War: On-board the HMS Monarch, Royal Navy Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for breach of the Articles of War.

April

May

• May 6 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Prague: Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.

June

• June 18 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Kolin: Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing him to evacuate Bohemia.
• June 23 - Battle of Plassey: 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.

July

• July 26 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Hastenbeck: An Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland is defeated by the French under Louis d'Estrées and forced out of Hanover.
• July 30 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: A Prussian army under Hans von Lehwald is defeated by the Russian army of Marshal Stepan Apraksin.

August

September

October

• October 16 - Seven Years' War: Austrian raiders plunder Berlin.
• October 30 - Osman III dies and is succeeded as Ottoman Sultan by Mustafa III.

November

• November 5 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Rossbach: Frederick defeats the French-Imperial army under the Duc de Soubise and Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, forcing the French to withdraw from Saxony.
• November 22 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Breslau: An Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern and forces the Austrians behind the Oder.

December

• December 6 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick defeats Prince Charles's Austrian army in what is generally consideredhis greatest tactical victory.

Ongoing events

• Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

Births

• January 11 - Alexander Hamilton, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (possible date of birth) (d. 1804)
• January 16 - Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats Governor of Newfoundland, Canada. (d. 1834)
• February 20 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences (d. 1834)
• April 9 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
• June 18 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
• September 6 - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, French soldier and statesman (d. 1834)
• October 9 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
• October 21 - Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione, French marshal (d. 1816)
• November 18 - William Blake, English poet (d. 1827)
• December 25 - Benjamin Pierce, American politician (d. 1839)

Deaths

• January 9 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
• January 19 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1664)
• March 1 - Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
• March 8 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)
• March 14 - John Byng, British admiral (executed) (b. 1704)
• March 27 - Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (b. 1717)
• May 6 - Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• May 6 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
• May 6 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• July 23 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1685)
• August 28 - David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
• October 17 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
• October 25 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
• October 30 - Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1699)
• November 12 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
• December 11 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)af:1757

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