In history, year 1758 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1758.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1758:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 23 june | Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British forces defeated French troops at Krefeld in Germany. The Comte de St. Germain, who commanded the French left wing, was nevertheless able to put together a sufficient defence to prevent a complete rout, and the French army retired from the field in relatively good order. |
| 08 july | French and Indian War-French forces defeated the British atFort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British Colony ofNew York. |
| 11 september | Seven Years' War-The Battle of Saint Cast took place nearSaint-Cast, with France handing Britain a decisive defeat. |
| 13 december | While transporting Acadians from Prince Edward Island to France, the Duke William sank in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 360 lives, one of the greatest marine disasters in Canadian history. |
| 24 July | The then US President George Washington attended the first Assembly of North America in the Virginia House of Burgesses. |
| 09 December | The thirteen-month-long war of Madras began in India. This was the most dangerous war between Britain and France in India. |
| 14 January | The King of England gave the East India Company the right to retain the property won in battle in India. |
| 17 April | Francis Williams the first US Black College graduate) published his poems. |
| 21 May | Mary Campbell was kidnapped by Lenape from her home in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. |
| 30 June | The Domstatal War of the Seven Years War began. |
| 08 July | The British forces were subjected to British and colonial attacks at Fort Ticonderoga, New York. |
| 14 August | Battle of Zorndorf: Prussia defeated Russia in which thousands died. |
| 12 September | The French astronomer Charles Messier began his Messier catalog by misidentifying the Crab Nebula. |
| 14 October | The Austrian army defeated Prussia at Saxon, Battle of Hachkirk. |
| 25 November | Britain captured Fort Duquenne from Frank (later Fort Pitt / Pittsburgh). |
| 31 December | The British Expeditionary Army occupied Gore Dakar) Senegal. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1758:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 06 February | Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz / Poet / Poland |
| 06 May | André Masséna / General / France |
| 08 August | Friedrich Georg Weitsch / Painter / Germany |
| 09 March | Franz Joseph Gall / Physiologist / Germany |
| 10 September | Hannah Webster Foster / Author / United States of America |
| 11 December | Carl Friedrich Zelter / Composer / Germany |
| 11 October | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers / Physician / Germany |
| 14 August | Carle Vernet / Painter / France |
| 16 November | Peter Andreas Heiberg / Author / Denmark |
| 17 May | Sir John St Aubyn / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 19 April | William Carnegie / Army Officer / Scotland |
| 20 September | Jean-Jacques Dessalines / Emperor / Haiti |
| 21 September | Christopher Gore / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 23 December | Nathan Wilson / Politician / United States of America |
| 25 August | Franz Teyber / Organist / Austria |
| 25 November | John Armstrong / Politician / United States of America |
| 25 September | Josepha Barbara Auernhammer / Pianist / Austria |
| 26 September | Cosme Argerich / Physician / Argentina |
| 28 April | James Monroe / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 29 April | Georg Carl von Döbeln / General / Sweden |
