1757 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1757 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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2 January - Robert Clive captures Calcutta, India. ^[1]
14 March - Seven Years' War: On-board the HMS Monarch, Royal Navy Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for breach of the Articles of War.
April–July - Caretaker Ministry takes power led by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire following the resignation of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
23 June - Battle of Plassey: 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
2 July - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne forms a new government.
26 July - 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.
3 August–9 August- French and Indian War: At the Battle of Fort William Henry a French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the British to surrender Fort William Henry. The French army's Indian allies slaughter the survivors, not understanding what the terms of the surrender were.

19 January - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (born 1664)
5 February - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (born 1678)
1 March - Edward Moore, writer (born 1712)
8 March - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (born 1701)
14 March - John Byng, admiral (executed) (born 1704)
6 May - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, politician (born 1683)
28 August - David Hartley, English philosopher (born 1705)
12 November - Colley Cibber, English poet (born 1671)
11 December - Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (born 1675)

^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.