Year by year · 18th century

1757

1757 in world history: 15 events, 9 births, 6 deaths, 1 work, 3 states founded and 1 that came to an end. 1,284 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 5 January

    Robert-François Damiens attempts to assassinate Louis XV

    At Versailles, Damiens stabbed Louis XV with a penknife, causing only a slight wound. He was later executed with notorious cruelty, the last person in France to be put to death by quartering.

    Versailles

  2. 14 March

    Admiral John Byng executed by firing squad

    Convicted of failing to do his utmost to relieve Minorca, Byng was shot on the deck of HMS Monarch at Portsmouth. Voltaire mocked the English for killing an admiral 'to encourage the others'.

  3. 23 June

    Robert Clive defeats the Nawab of Bengal at Plassey

    Helped by the defection of Mir Jafar, Clive's East India Company troops defeated Siraj ud-Daulah. The victory gave the Company control of Bengal and launched British territorial rule in India.

    Bengal

  4. 5 December

    Frederick the Great routs an Austrian army at Leuthen

    West of Breslau in Silesia, Frederick the Great used the oblique order of attack to rout an Austrian army about twice the size of his own under Prince Charles of Lorraine. The victory restored Prussian control of Silesia.

    Battle of LeuthenFrederick the GreatSeven Years' War

  5. Battle

    Battle of Plassey

    The Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 near Palashi in Bengal, where a British East India Company force under Robert Clive defeated the much larger army of Siraj ud-Daulah, Nawab of Bengal.

  6. Battle

    Battle of Chikhori (1757)

    The Battle of Chikhori was fought in 1757 in western Georgia, where King Solomon I of Imereti defeated an Ottoman army supporting his rebellious nobles.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Kolín

    The Battle of Kolín was fought on 18 June 1757 in Bohemia, east of Prague, during the Seven Years' War.

  8. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Salatiga

    The Treaty of Salatiga, signed in March 1757 in Salatiga, Central Java, ended the long rebellion of Raden Mas Said against the Dutch East India Company and the courts of Surakarta and Yogyakarta.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1757 9

Died in 1757 6

Works 1

States founded 3

States that came to an end 1

Great speeches

Frederick the Great before LeuthenFrederick the Great

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