January 2, 1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India January 3, 1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer January 5, 1757 Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens January 11, 1757 Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st U.S. Sec of Treasury ($10 face) January 16, 1757 Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem) January 17, 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia January 28, 1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer February 1, 1757 John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) February 13, 1757 John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician March 4, 1757 Ignaz Malzat, composer March 14, 1757 John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 March 16, 1757 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen) March 17, 1757 Prince Mas Sa‹d of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java March 20, 1757 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 March 27, 1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39 March 27, 1757 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer March 30, 1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39 April 3, 1757 Ferenc Verseghy, composer April 6, 1757 Alessandro Rolla, composer April 6, 1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr