Deaths on June 26

Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Died on June 26, 1757

Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)

Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany (23 October 1705 – 26 June 1757) was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest-ranking officers serving the Hapsburg Emperor during the middle of the 18th century. An Irish refugee, he was a scion of the Wild Geese.

References

Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Choose Another Date

Events on 1757

5 Jan

Robert-François Damiens
Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
6 May

Christopher Smart's asylum confinement
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
5 Dec

Battle of Leuthen
Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen - Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

Deaths on June 26

Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Died on June 26, 1757

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1757

Robert-François Damiens

Christopher Smart's asylum confinement

Battle of Leuthen