1757 - What happened in 1757 ?
January 1757
Sunday 02:
The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.
Wednesday 05:
Louis XV of France survives the assassination attempt by Robert?François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France with the traditional and gruesome form of death penalty used for regicides.
March 1757
Monday 14:
On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
May 1757
Friday 06:
A Prussian army fought an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
» May 1757
June 1757
Thursday 23:
3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj-ud-Dawlah at Plassey.
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