1757

Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s

Years: 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 - 1757 - 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762

Events

• March 14 - On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman III (1754-1757) to Mustafa III (1757-1774)
• Pantheon built in Paris

Ongoing events

• Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

Year in topic

• 1757 in literature
• 1757 in music
• 1757 in science

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

Deaths

• March 14 - John Byng, British Admiral
• July 23 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer

Monarchs/Presidents

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
• Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
• Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
• Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)
• Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)

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