In 1757, which Prussian king decisively defeated a combined Austrian and French army at Rossbach?

The year 1732 saw the birth of George Washington and the first issue of which almanac? Which 1742 oratorio features the choruses "And He Shall Purify" and "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs"? In 1751, Axel Cronstedt discovered which element in a mineral? Benjamin Franklin's 1751 book "Experiments and Observations on" what helped make his name in Europe? In 1758, after about 25 years, Benjamin Franklin wrote the last edition of which almanac? Dr. Pangloss is the naive tutor of which title character in a 1759 Voltaire satire? How many yards are there in a mile? In the 1760s, activist James Otis is credited with the phrase "Taxation without" what "is tyranny"?