Historical Events
- Jan 2 British troops occupy Calcutta India
- Jan 5 Failed assassination attempt on French King Louis XV by Damiens
- Jan 17 German Diet declares war on Prussia
- Mar 14 On board HMS Monarch (his own flagship), British Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for failing to come to aide of besieged British garrison
- Mar 17 Prince Mas Saïd of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
- Apr 6 British King George II dismisses minister William Pitt the Elder, Secretary of State for the Southern Department
- May 1 Austria and France divide Prussia
- May 6 Battle of Prague: Frederick II of Prussia's forces defeat Austrian army
- Jun 18 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
- Jun 23 Robert Clive defeats army led by Suraja Dowlaat Plassey, wins control of Bengal
World Leaders in 1757
Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
Thomas Pelham-Holles
British Prime Minister
Henry Addington
Marquis de Lafayette
William BlakeFamous Weddings
- Aug 4 American revolution patriot Paul Revere (22) weds Sarah Orne in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
- Jan 9 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
- Jan 9 Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
- Jan 19 Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
- Mar 1 Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
- Mar 8 Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar, dies at 55