In the 18th century directories of prostitutes and their services, such as Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies ( 1757 – 1795 ), provided both entertainment and instruction.

They were joined in 1757 by the Royal Library, assembled by various British monarchs.

The opening of the Sankey Canal in 1757, followed by the Bridgewater Canal in 1761, which halved the price of coal in Liverpool and Manchester England, respectively, triggered a period of " canal mania " in Britain so that between 1760 and 1820 over one hundred canals were built.

English deism, however, was already in decline before Hume's works on religion ( 1757, 1779 ) were published.

The Mughals suffered sever blow due to invasions from Marathas and Afghans due to which the Mughal dynasty were reduced to puppet rulers by 1757.

The regiment was renumbered the 60th ( Royal American ) Regiment in February 1757 when the 50th ( Shirley's ) and 51st ( Pepperel's ) foot regiments were removed from the British Army roll after their surrender at Fort Oswego.

Matthew Boulton and Erasmus Darwin met some time between 1757 and 1758, possibly through family connections, as Boulton's mother's family were patients of Darwin ; or possibly though shared friendships, as both were admirers of the printer John Baskerville and friends of the astronomer and geologist John Michell, a regular visitor to Darwin's house in Lichfield.

Until 1900 civil engineering projects were generally managed by creative architects, engineers, and master builders themselves, for example Vitruvius ( first century BC ), Christopher Wren ( 1632 – 1723 ), Thomas Telford ( 1757 – 1834 ) and Isambard Kingdom Brunel ( 1806 – 1859 ).

By 1757, soldiers were employed in killing the wild cats.

The modern versions of the beverage were first produced in 1757 in Turin, Italy and in the early 19th century in France.

In 1757 a Dominican and an Augustinian were appointed to give theological instruction.

Other than the campaigns to expel the Acadians ( ranging around the Bay of Fundy, on the Petitcodiac and St. John rivers, and Île Saint-Jean ), the only clashes of any size were at Petitcodiac in 1755 and at Bloody Creek near Annapolis Royal in 1757.

They were succeeded by the third and final dynasty to rule Bengal, the Najafi, when Siraj Ud Daula, the last of the Afshar rulers was killed at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

In 1757 French troops invaded Hanover, but were driven out by a counter-attack led by Ferdinand of Brunswick the following year.

By 1757 as the immediate danger to Britain had passed the troops were moved back to Hanover to join a growing army under the Duke of Cumberland and Amherst fought with the Hessians under Cumberland's command at the Battle of Hastenbeck in July 1757: the Allied defeat there forced the army into a steady retreat northwards to Stade on the North Sea coast.

In 1757, a number of changes were made to the interior to increase the visibility of the Mass, in accordance with changing religious customs.

On January 1, 1757, Francis and his brother Job were recruited by Captain John Postell to serve in the French and Indian War and to drive the Cherokee Indians away from the border.

They were much admired by Charles Avison, who with John Garth brought out an edition with English words ( London, 1757 ).

Captain Peter Powers ( 1707 – 1757 ), his wife Anna Keyes ( 1708 – 1798 ), and their two children Peter ( 1729 – 1800 ) and Stephen ( b. 1729 ) were the first settlers of Hollis in 1731.

Artistic academies were established all over Europe by the end of the 18th century, and many, like the Akademie der Künste in Berlin ( founded 1696 ), the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid ( founded 1744 ), the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg ( 1757 ), the Royal Academy in London ( 1768 ) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan ( 1776 ) still run art schools and hold large exhibitions, although their influence on taste greatly declined from the late 19th century.

In 1757 and 1758 most of the ruined manors were bought by the Pomeranian magnate family of Przebendowski.

With the French support, the Mons were able to establish an independent kingdom for 17 years before falling to Alaungpaya in 1757.

Princess Mary ( later Queen Mary II of England and Scotland ) ( 1662 – 1694 ), eldest daughter of King James II & VII, and Princess Sophia Dorothea ( 1687 – 1757 ), only daughter of King George I, were eligible for this honour but did not receive it.

While serving with the rangers in 1757, Stark went on a scouting mission toward Fort Carillon in which the rangers were ambushed.

While the Military Order of Maria Theresa ( 1757 ) was open to any deserving military officer regardless of social origin, and would grant titles of nobility to those who did not already have them, the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary ( 1764 ) still required that one had to have at least four generations of noble ancestors.

:" WHEREAS it is necessary, in this time of danger, that the militia of this colony should be well regulated and disciplined ... And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every person so as aforesaid inlisted ( except free mulattoes, negroes, and Indians ) shall be armed in the manner following, that is to say: Every soldier shall he furnished with a firelock well fixed, a bayonet fitted to the same, a double cartouch-box, and three charges of powder, and constantly appear with the same at the time and place appointed for muster and exercise, and shall also keep at his place of abode one pound of powder and four pounds of ball, and bring the same with him into the field when he shall be required ... And for the better training and exercising the militia, and rendering them more serviceable, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every captain shall, once in three months, and oftner if thereto required by the lieutenant or chief commanding officer in the county, muster, train, and exercise his company, and the lieutenant or other chief commanding officer in the county shall cause a general muster and exercise of all the companies within his county, to be made in the months of March or April, and September or October, yearly ; and if any soldier shall, at any general or private muster, refuse to perform the command of his officer, or behave himself refractorily or mutinously, or misbehave himself at the courts martial to be held in pursuance of this act, as is herein after directed, it shall and may be lawful to and for the chief commanding officer, then present, to cause such offender to be tied neck and heels, for any time not exceeding five minutes, or inflict such corporal punishment as he shall think fit, not exceeding twenty lashes ..." — An Act for the better regulating and disciplining the Militia, April 1757

Further praise came from the botanist Benjamin Stillingfleet in 1757, the poet Thomas Warton in 1790, and William Addison, the physician of the Duchess of Kent ( mother of Queen Victoria ) in 1828, all quoted in a review by the medical historian W. H.

Robert Willan ( 12 November 1757 near Sedbergh, Yorkshire – 7 April 1812, Madeira ) was an English physician and the founder of dermatology as a medical specialty.

* 1757 – 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.

* 1757 – Battle of Plassey – 3, 000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50, 000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.

* 1757 – Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years ' War.

Pitt's particular genius was to finance an army on the continent to drain French men and resources so that Britain might concentrate on what he held to be the vital spheres: Canada and the West Indies ; whilst Clive successfully defeated Siraj Ud Daulah, ( the last independent Nawab of Bengal ) at Plassey ( 1757 ), securing India.

The Continental campaign was carried on by Cumberland, defeated at Hastenbeck and forced to surrender at Convention of Klosterzeven ( 1757 ) and thereafter by Ferdinand of Brunswick, later victor at Minden ; Britain's Continental campaign had two major strands, firstly subsidising allies, particularly Frederick the Great, and second, financing an army to divert French resources from the colonial war and to also defend Hanover ( which was the territory of the Kings of England at this time )

* May 6 – Seven Years ' War – Battle of Prague ( 1757 ): Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.

On 17 May 1757 the Russian army, 85, 000 strong, advanced against Königsberg.

At the Battle of Hastenbeck, near Hamelin, on 26 July 1757, Cumberland's army was defeated by the superior forces of d ' Estrées.

Hemmed in by the French, under Richelieu, he agreed to Convention of Klosterzeven, under which Cumberland's army was to be disbanded and much of Hanover was occupied by French forces, at the Zeven monastery, on 8 September 1757.

After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, during which the East India Company's Bengal army under Robert Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal, the Company established itself as a major player in Indian affairs, and soon afterwards gained administrative rights over the regions of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, following the Battle of Buxar in 1765.

Approximately a month later, on 3 February 1757, Clive encountered the army of the Nawab itself.

Across the river from the church, the estate of Cobham Park was the home of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, who was made Commander-in-Chief of the army in 1757.

This coalition army later met a Prussian army at the Battle of Rossbach on 5 November 1757 with disaster.

He subsequently defeated a smaller Prussian army in 1757 at the Battle of Breslau before being completely routed by Frederick II of Prussia at the Battle of Leuthen, which is considered one of Frederick's most brilliant victories.

The army's very premise, to suppress Frederick, was found false-on being notified of his victory at on 5 November 1757, the Swedish commander Marshal Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg dared not obey the orders from his government and the French agent Marc René de Montalembert to lead his ill-equipped army in a march on Berlin, instead returning in November 1757 to Swedish Pomerania, where the Swedes were being besieged by the Prussians at Stralsund and Rügen.

On August 9, 1757, Montcalm, with an army of 7, 000 men consisting of French soldiers, Canadian militia, and Indians from various tribes, took Fort William Henry, situated at the southern point of Lake George.

In the Battle of Rossbach on November 5, 1757, the Prussian army not only defeated the French, but also Imperial troops who had fought on the side of the latter against Prussia.

Delhi was captured by Maratha army under Raghunath Rao in August 1757 defeating Afghan garrison in the Battle of Delhi.