February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
Day of death December 25, 1757
The temperature on December 25, 1757 was about 2.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
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 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
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