1757 in France
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| Years in France: | 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 |
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| Years: | 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 |
Events from the year 1757 in France.
Contents
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
Events
- January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Louis XV of France. On March 28 Damiens is publicly executed by dismemberment, the last person in France to suffer this punishment.
- March 14 – Seven Years' War: British Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War in failing to "do his utmost" at the Battle of Minorca (1756).
- July 26 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Hastenbeck: An Anglo-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland is defeated by the French under Louis d'Estrées and forced out of Hanover.
- August 3 – August 9 – French and Indian War: A French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the English to surrender Fort William Henry. The French army's Indian allies slaughter the survivors for unclear reasons.
- November 5 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Rossbach: Frederick defeats the French-Imperial army under the Duc de Soubise and Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, forcing the French to withdraw from Saxony.
Births
- September 6 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier and statesman (d. 1834)
- October 9 – King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
- October 21 – Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
Deaths
- October 17 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
- January 9 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
- October 25 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
