1757

Events

• March 14 - On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
• June 23 - Battle of Plassey - 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman III (1754-1757) to Mustafa III (1757-1774)

Ongoing events

• Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
• Six Years' War (1756-1762)

Births

• January 11 - Alexander Hamilton, first US Secretary of Treasury
• February 20 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences (+ 1834)
• June 18 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader
• October 9 - King Charles X of France
• November 18 - William Blake (1757-1827) English poet
• December 25 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d. 1839)

Deaths

• March 14 - John Byng, British Admiral
• July 23 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
• November 12 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)

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