1757 in Austria

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See also:	Other events of 1757; List of years in Austria

Events from the year 1757 in Austria

Incumbents

May 6 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Prague: The Prussians under Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city of Prague.
June 18 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Kolín: Prussia is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing the Prussian army to evacuate Bohemia.
November 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Breslau: The Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern and the Prussians retires behind the Oder.
December 6
- Seven Years' War – Battle of Leuthen: Frederick defeats Prince Charles's Austrian army.
December 7–December 20
- Seven Years' War – Siege of Breslau: Frederick retakes the city of Breslau.

March 4 - Adam Ignaz Franz de Paula Joseph^[1] - was a composer and oboist.^[2]
June 18 - Ignaz Josef Pleyel was a composer, music publisher and piano builder.^[3]
October 26 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold was a philosopher born in Austria.^[4]^[5]
October 31 - Ignaz Spangler was a singer and composer, born in Vienna, Austria.^[6]

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^ "Biography of the composer Ignaz Pleyel". Artaria Editions. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Kiel University | Famous Scholars from Kiel". www.uni-kiel.de. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Breazeale, Dan; Walsh, John (2022), "Karl Leonhard Reinhold", in Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri (eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2022 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2024-02-14
^ Giraudet, Jean-Paul (2013-03-25). "Ignaz Spangler". musicalics.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-14.

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