What happened in 1757?
73 recorded events in 1757, including 35 in people, 23 in wars & conflicts and 7 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 23
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Battle of Plassey
1757 battle which established the British Raj in India
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Battle of Rossbach
1757 battle
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Battle of Kolín
1757 battle of the Third Silesian War
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Battle of Leuthen
1757 battle of the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Prague
1757 battle of the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf
1757 battle
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Siege of Fort William Henry
1757 siege in the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Hastenbeck
1757 battle
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Battle of Reichenberg
1757 battle
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Battle of Breslau
1757 battle
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Pomeranian War
Fighting between Sweden and Prussia between 1757 and 1762
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Battle of Moys
1757 battle
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Siege of Prague
1757 Siege of Prague during the Third Silesian War
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Battle of Khresili
1757 battle
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Battle of Chandannagar
1757 battle
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Batte of Delhi
1757 fought between the Maratha Empire and Rohilla Afghans
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Battle of Sabbath Day Point
1757 battle
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Battle on Snowshoes
1757 battle
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Blockade of Stralsund
1757-58 armed investment of Stralsund by Prussian forces during the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Bloody Creek
Battle of the French and Indian War in 1757
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Battle of Bobbili
1757 historical battle
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Siege of Breslau
Siege in 1757
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Battle of Narela
1757 battle
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People 35
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Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle died
French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)
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Thomas Herring died
Archbishop of Canterbury
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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur died
French scientist
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Dmitry Ovtsyn died
Russian hydrographer
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James Dawkins died
British antiquarian
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Johann Samuel König died
German mathematician
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Louis Bertrand Castel died
Mathematician, philosopher
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Pierre Lemonnier died
French philosopher and physicist (1675-1757)
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Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena died
Italian artist (1696-1757)
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Bartolomeo Intieri died
Italian agronomist (1677-1757)
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Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld died
Joannes Disma Floriantschitsch de Grienfeld (Science & Technology).
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Michael Alberti died
German physician (1682-1757)
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Colley Cibber died
British poet laureate (1671–1757)
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Eliza Haywood died
British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor
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Anna Catharina Materna died
Danish actor and playwright (1731-1757)
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Louis-Antoine Dornel died
French composer, harpsichordist, organist and violinist
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François Martin died
Composer and cellist
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Antoine-François Botot Dangeville died
French actor and choreographer
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Balthasar Siberer died
German schoolteacher
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William Blake born
Born in London. English poet and artist (1757–1827).
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Alexander Hamilton born
Born in Charlestown. American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804).
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Charles X of France born
Born in Versailles. King of France and of Navarre from 1824 to 1830 (1757–1836).
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette born
Born in Chavaniac-Lafayette. French general and politician (1757–1834).
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George Vancouver born
Born in King's Lynn. English naval explorer (1757–1798).
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Rigas Velestinlis born
Born in Velestino. Greek philosopher (1757-1798).
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Thomas Telford born
Born in Glendinning. Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason (1757–1834).
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Pierre Jean George Cabanis born
Born in Cosnac. French physiologist and materialist philosopher (1757-1808).
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Constantin-François Chassebœuf born
Born in Craon. French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician (1757-1820).
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Pierre Augereau born
Born in Paris. General, Marshal of France (1757-1816).
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Karl Leonhard Reinhold born
Born in Vienna. Austrian philosopher.
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Robert Kerr born
Born in Roxburghshire. Scottish scientific writer and translator (1757–1813).
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Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein born
Born in Nassau. Prussian and German politician (1757-1831).
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John Adair born
Born in Chester County. American politician (1757–1840).
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Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt born
Born in Marttila. Swedish general and diplomat (1757-1814).
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James Wilkinson born
Born in Benedict. American soldier and statesman (1757–1825).
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Science & Technology 1
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Rigshospitalet
Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Gjirokastër Mosque
Mosque in Albania
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Puno Cathedral
Cultural heritage site in Peru
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church of St. John the Baptist and St. Remigius
Church building in Carignano, Italy
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Friedenskirche
Filial church in Munningen, Germany
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas
18th-century uprising in China
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos
Church in Congonhas, Brazil
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Sorgenfri Palace
Palace in Denmark
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St. Peter's Church
Church in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Erbdrostenhof
Palace
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Skete of Prophet Elijah
Cenobitic skete of Pantokratoros monastery in Mount Athos
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Three Bells of Fira
A Greek Catholic church
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Madonna dei Galletti
Church building in Pisa, Italy
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Empires & Countries 2
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Company rule in India founded
Company rule in India was founded, with its capital at Kolkata.
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Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom dissolved
Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Bago.
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