1757

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1720s  1730s  1740s  – 1750s –  1760s  1770s  1780s
Years:	1754 1755 1756 – 1757 – 1758 1759 1760

Events

• January 2  – The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.
• March 14  – On-board the HMS Monarch, Royal Navy Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for breach of the Articles of War.
• May 6  – Battle of Prague  – Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.
• June 18  – Battle of Kolin  – Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing him to evacuate Bohemia.
• June 23  – Battle of Plassey  – 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
• July 26  – Battle of Hastenbeck  – An Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland is defeated by the French under Louis d'Estrées and forced out of Hanover.
• July 30  – Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf  – A Prussian army under Hans von Lehwald is defeated by the Russian army of Marshal Stepan Apraksin.
• October 16  – Austrian raiders plunder Berlin.
• October 30  – Osman III dies and is succeeded as Ottoman Sultan by Mustafa III.
• November 5  – Battle of Rossbach. Frederick defeats the French-Imperial army under the Duc de Soubise and Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, forcing the French to withdraw from Saxony.
• November 22  – Battle of Breslau  – An Austrian army under Prince Charles of Lorraine defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern and forces the Austrians behind the Oder.
• December 6  – Battle of Leuthen  – Frederick defeats Prince Charles's Austrian army.