Editing 1757 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
[[File:The Battle of Prague in Bohemia, 6th May, 1757.png|thumb|right|[[May 6]]: The [[Battle of Prague (1757)|Battle of Prague]] takes place as a Bohemian siege of the Bohemian capital.]]
[[File:Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey.jpg|thumb|300px|[[June 23]]: The [[Battle of Plassey]] takes place in India.]]
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]] resigns from the government of Great Britain after [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]] refuses to command the British forces in Germany in the Seven Years' War<ref name="Cassell's Chron1757">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/318 318–319]}}</ref> and following several military reverses in Britain's fight against France in America. A [[1757 Caretaker Ministry|Caretaker Ministry]] takes power led by [[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire]]. Pitt is recalled to government in early July.<ref>William M. Fowler Jr., ''Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763'' (Bloomsbury, 2009) p115</ref>
* [[April 16]] 
**The works of astronomer [[Galileo Galilei]] espousing [[heliocentrism]] are removed (with the approval of [[Pope Benedict XIV]]) from the ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' list of books banned by [[Roman Catholic Church]], along with "all books teaching the earth's motion and the sun's immobility". Other works of heliocentrists Galileo, [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], [[Johannes Kepler]], [[Diego de Zúñiga]] and Paolo Foscarini remain on the list.<ref>Maurice A. Finocchiaro, ''Retrying Galileo, 1633–1992'' (University of California Press, 2007) p138</ref>
**In the wake of public unrest in [[France]], the King's Council issues a decree that bars anyone from writing, printing anything that would tend toward ''émouvoir les esprits'' (stir up popular sentiment) against the government, with violations punishable by death.<ref>Robert Darnton, ''Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 2014)</ref>
* [[April 17]] &ndash; The Spanish [[mission (station)|mission]] of [[Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá]] is founded by Spanish missionary families on the banks of the [[San Saba River]] near modern day [[Menard, Texas]].<ref> Donald E. Chipman and Harriet Denise Joseph, ''Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas''  (University of Texas Press, 2010)</ref>  Less than two years later, the European settlement is destroyed by the native [[Comanche]] Indians who live in the area.  
* [[April 29]] &ndash; Inside the house at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in England known as [[Shakespeare's Birthplace]], a bricklayer, identified only as "Mosely", re-tiling the roof, discovers a supposed pro-Catholic testament of [[John Shakespeare]], father of [[William Shakespeare]], more than 150 years after the elder's death. The find starts "what remains one of the most controversial topics in Shakespeare studies" because of disagreements over its authenticity and date.<ref>René Weis, ''Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding a Hidden Life'' (Macmillan, 2008) p304</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[France]] and [[Austria]] sign a second [[Treaty of Versailles (1757)|Treaty of Versailles]], committing France to sending an additional 105,000 troops to the war against Prussia, and to pay expenses to Austria at the rate of 12 million florins annually.<ref name=Nester/> 
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Štěrboholy|Battle of Prague]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]] defeats an [[Archduchy of Austria|Austrian]] army, and begins to besiege the city.
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Kolín]] &ndash; Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under [[Count Leopold Joseph von Daun|Marshal Daun]], forcing him to evacuate [[Bohemia]].
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plassey]]: 3,000 troops serving with the British [[East India Company]] under [[Robert Clive]] defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] with the help of Mir Jafar, at [[Plassey]] in [[India]], marking the first victory of the East India Company over India, which lasts until [[1857]].  
* [[June 25]]
** The [[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire|Duke of Devonshire]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] after being unable to conduct governmental affairs without William Pitt.
** The 1755 rebellion against the [[Qing dynasty|Chinese Empire]] by Mongolian [[Oirats|Oirat]] Prince [[Amursana]] is met by a Chinese army of 10,000 attackers against Amursana's 2,500 man force at their capital at [[Bole, Xinjiang|Bor Tal]]. The rebels hold out until July 17.<ref name=Sanders>"Amarsanaa", in ''Historical Dictionary of Mongolia'', by Alan J. K. Sanders (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) p57</ref>