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What Happened in June 1757

Historical Events

  • Jun 18 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
  • Jun 23 Robert Clive defeats army led by Suraja Dowlaat Plassey, wins control of Bengal

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 5 Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist, born in Cosnac, Corrèze, France (d. 1808)
  • Jun 8 Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1824)
  • Jun 13 Christian Ludwig Dieter, German composer, born in Ludwigsburg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
  • Jun 18 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician and 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1833)
  • Jun 18 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder, born in Ruppersthal, Austria (d. 1831)
  • Jun 22 George Vancouver, British explorer (surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver Island), born in King's Lynn, England (d. 1798)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 27 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent, banker and merchant, dies at 59