February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of death May 16, 1757
The temperature on May 16, 1757 was about 10.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
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