May 21 » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
September 5 » Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
Day of marriage October 15, 1757
The temperature on October 15, 1757 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
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.
June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
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.
Day of death January 25, 1793
The temperature on January 25, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
August 10 » The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
October 15 » Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted, and condemned to death the following day.
October 16 » French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
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