March 17 » The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.
April 19 » The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
July 23 » Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
November 4 » The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
Day of death November 15, 1757
The temperature on November 15, 1757 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
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.
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.
December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
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