Today in History for Year 1757

Months in Year 1757: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

Jan 2nd - British troops occupy Calcutta India
Jan 5th - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
Jan 17th - German Diet declares war on Prussia
Mar 14th - On-board the HMS Monarch, English Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
Mar 17th - Prince Mas Saïd of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
Apr 6th - English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr
May 1st - Austria & France divide Prussia
May 6th - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
Jun 18th - Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
Jun 23rd - Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal
Jul 26th - Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland
Aug 9th - English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French & Indians troops
Aug 19th - Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [NS=Aug 30]
Aug 30th - Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
Oct 16th - Austrian troops occupy Berlin
Nov 5th - Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
Nov 28th - England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
Dec 5th - Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

Jan 3rd - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer
Jan 11th - Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
Jan 16th - Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
Jan 19th - Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
Jan 28th - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer
Feb 1st - John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
Feb 6th - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
Feb 13th - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician
Feb 20th - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
Mar 4th - Ignaz Malzat, composer
Mar 16th - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
Mar 27th - Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer
Apr 3rd - Ferenc Verseghy, composer
Apr 6th - Alessandro Rolla, composer
Apr 9th - Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
Apr 15th - George Knowil Jackson, composer
Apr 28th - Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
May 30th - Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)
Jun 1st - Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method)
Jun 5th - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
Jun 8th - Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)
Jun 13th - Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer
Jun 18th - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer
Jun 18th - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
Jun 22nd - George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I
Jul 8th - Richard Wainwright, composer
Jul 12th - Christian Danner, composer
Jul 20th - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811)
Jul 24th - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)
Aug 9th - Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)
Aug 12th - ALF, alien life form (ALF)
Sep 3rd - Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
Sep 6th - Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary
Sep 22nd - Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings)
Oct 9th - Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
Oct 10th - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens)
Oct 21st - Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
Oct 26th - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
Oct 31st - Ignaz Spangler, composer
Nov 1st - Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor
Nov 6th - Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
Nov 12th - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
Nov 15th - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
Nov 16th - Daniel Read, composer
Nov 20th - Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer
Poet/Artist William Blake (Nov 28th) Nov 28th - William Blake, London, poet/painter (Songs of Innocence & Experience), (d. 1827)
Dec 11th - Charles Wesley, composer
Dec 25th - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 21 of 21

Jan 9th - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
Jan 9th - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
Jan 19th - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
Mar 1st - Edward Moore, English writer (b. 1712)
Mar 8th - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)
Mar 14th - John Byng, English Admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca
Mar 20th - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
Mar 27th - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
May 6th - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
May 6th - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
May 6th - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
Jun 27th - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
Jul 4th - Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38
Jul 23rd - Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71
Aug 11th - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67
Aug 28th - David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
Sep 28th - Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60
Oct 17th - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
Oct 30th - Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies
Nov 8th - Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60
Nov 12th - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)