1757
Information about 1757
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 |
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| Countries: Canada |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Events of 1757
January - June
- January 2 - Britain captures Calcutta.
- January 11 - Possible birth date of Alexander Hamilton.
- 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.
- May 6 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Prague: Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.
- 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-Daulah at Plassey.
July - December
- 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 3 - August 9 - French and Indian War: A French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the English to surrender Fort William Henry. The French army's Indian allies slaughter the survivors for unclear reasons
- October 16 - Seven Years' War: Austrian raiders plunder Berlin.
- October 30 - Osman III dies and is succeeded as Ottoman Sultan by Mustafa III.
- 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 6 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick defeats Prince Charles's Austrian army in what is generally considered the Prussian king's greatest tactical victory.
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1757 MDCCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2510 |
| Armenian calendar | 1206 ԹՎ ՌՄԶ |
| Bah' calendar | -87 – -86 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2301 |
| Chinese calendar | 4393/4453-8-7 (丙子年八月初七日) — to — 4394/4454-6-18(丁丑年六月十八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1473 – 1474 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1749 – 1750 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5517 – 5518 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1812 – 1813 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1679 – 1680 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4858 – 4859 |
| Holocene calendar | 11757 |
| Iranian calendar | 1135 – 1136 |
| Islamic calendar | 1170 – 1171 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōreki 0 (宝暦0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2417 (皇紀2417年) |
| Julian calendar | 1802 |
| Korean calendar | 4090 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2300 |
- January 16 - Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1834)
- February 20 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
- April 9 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
- May 30 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)
- June 18 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
- June 22 - George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
- July 20 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811)
- August 9 - Thomas Telford, British Engineer & Architect (d. 1834)
- 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 Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
- November 28 - William Blake, English poet (d. 1827)
- December 17 - Nathaniel Macon, American politician (d. 1837)
- December 25 - Benjamin Pierce, American politician (d. 1839)
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Deaths
- January 9 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (born 1657)
- January 19 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (born 1664)
- March 1 - Edward Moore, English writer (born 1712)
- March 8 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (born 1701)
- March 12 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (born 1696)
- March 14 - John Byng, British admiral (executed) (born 1704)
- March 27 - Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (born 1717)
- May 6 - Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)
- May 6 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (born 1683)
- May 6 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (born 1684)
- July 23 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (born 1685)
- August 28 - David Hartley, English philosopher (born 1705)
- October 17 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (born 1683)
- October 25 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (born 1672)
- October 30 - Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (born 1699)
- November 12 - Colley Cibber, English poet (born 1671)
- December 11 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (born 1675)
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-1750- 1751 1752 1753 1754 . 1755 . 1756 . 1757 . 1758 . 1759 . 1760
In science: 1747 1748 1749 -1750- 1751 1752 1753
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In science: 1747 1748 1749 -1750- 1751 1752 1753
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-1757- 1758 . 1759 . 1760 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 . 1766 .
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-1757- 1758 . 1759 . 1760 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 . 1766 .
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See also: 1756 in literature, other events of 1757, 1758 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Battle of Plassey (June 23): Robert Clive defeats Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula
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-1757- 1758 . 1759 . 1760 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 . 1766 .
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-1757- 1758 . 1759 . 1760 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 . 1766 .
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See also: 1756 in Canada, other events of 1757, 1758 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- Thursday March 17 to Tuesday March 22 - In four nights 1,500 French Canadians and Indians destroy the out-works of Fort William-Henry.
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1757 in Great Britain:
Other years
1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 Events from the year 1757 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 Events from the year 1757 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Events
- 2 January - Robert Clive captures Calcutta, India.
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- Ashanti Confederacy - Kusi Obodom, Asantehene (1750-1764)
- Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774)
- Ethiopia - Iyoas I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1755 - 1769)
- Zulu - Ndaba kaMageba, King of the Zulu (1745-1763)
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1756 colonial governors - Events of 1757 - 1758 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
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Portugal
- Angola - António Álvares da Cunha, Governor of Angola (1753-1758)
- Macau - Francisco Antonio Pereira Coutinho, Governor of Macau (1755-1758)
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