In the year 1757, Rigshospitalet is founded at Copenhagen (Mar 30), the works of Galileo Galilei espousing heliocentrism (that he had been condemned for in 1633 and kept under house arrest until his death) are removed from the list of books banned by Roman Catholic Church (Apr 16), Hungarian raiders plunder Berlin, Prussia (Oct 16), the French and Indian War (1754–1763) goes on - and all these fine people were born:
1757-xxxx Alonso de Nava y Grimón* the 6th Marqués de Villanueva del Prado/acted for the Canary Islands - San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (1832/c.75)
1757-xxxx Ottobah Cugoano* a.k.a. John Stuart/freed slave/abolionist/ writer - Ajumaco, West Africa (1791/c.33)
1757-xxxx Beata Yrjöntytär Turtia** (b Louko) mother of Elias Antinpoika Turtia - possibly around Viipuri, Russian Empire (1810/52-53)
1757-0111 Alexander Hamilton* statesman/one of the Founding Fathers of the United States - Charlestown, British Leeward Islands (1804/47) alternative birth year 1755, but this one most cited date of birth
1757-0203 Joseph Forlenze* ophthalmologist/surgeon - Picerno, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples (1833/76)
1757-0309 Gabriel Erik von Haartman* physician/academic - Nauvo, Sweden-Finland (1815/58)
1757-0331 Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt* courtier/diplomat /statesman - Tarvasjoki, Sweden-Finland (1814/57)
1757-0408 Johan Anders Jägerhorn* officer/one of the historical originators of Finnish independence - Helsinki County, Sweden-Finland (1825/67)
1757-0506 Veronika Gut* Swiss rebel heroine - Stans, Switzerland (1829/69)
1757-0525 Louis-Sébastien Lenormand* chemist/ physicist/pioneer in parachuting - Montpellier, Kingdom of France (1837/79)
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1757-0610
1757-0618 Hans Mattsson Perthållar** father of Maria Hanssdotter Marcken, Långholm - Purmo, Sweden-Finland (1783/25)
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1757-0622 George Vancouver* Royal Navy officer/explorer/ the city of Vancouver is named for him - King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (1798/40)
1757-0630
1757-0720 Garsevan Chavchavadze* გარსევან ჭავჭავაძე Georgian nobleman/ politician/diplomat - Georgia (1811/53)
1757-0809 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton* philanthropist/wife of Alexander Hamilton - Albany, Province of New York, British America (1854/97)
1757-0823 Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann* German actress - Strassburg (1775/19)
1757-0901 Mikko Jeremiaanpoika Myllyniemi** (b Koukkari) father of Helena Mikontytär Latva - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1825/67)
1757-0906 Gilbert du Motier* Marquis de Lafayette/military officer/known in the United States as Lafayette for fighting in the American Revolutionary War - Chavaniac, Kingdom of France (1834/76)
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1757-0920 Esther de Gélieu* educator - Les Verrières, Switzerland (1817/59)
1757-0930
1757-1009 Charles X of France* King of France (1824 -1830) - Palace of Versailles, Kingdom of France (1836/79)
1757-1101 Antonio Canova* sculptor - Possagno, Republic of Venice (1822/64)
1757-1128 William Blake* poet/painter/printmaker - Soho, London, England (1827/69)
1757-1225 Benjamin Pierce* politician/father of President Franklin Pierce - Chelmsford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (1839/81)
Updated 11.4.2023-3
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