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1758
| Years: 1755 1756 1757 - 1758 - 1759 1760 1761 | |
| Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1758 in art List of state leaders in 1758 | |
1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- June 12 - French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg - James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
- June 23 - Seven Years War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
- July 8 - French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- July 25 - French and Indian War: The island battery at Fortress Louisbourg is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken.
- November 25 - French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
- December 25 - Halley's Comet appears
- First European settlement in what is now Erie County by the French at the mouth of Buffalo Creek .
- Pope Clement XIII ascends to papacy
- Rudjer Boscovich publishes his atomic theory in Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in nalura existentium
- James Abercromby replaces the earl of Loudoun as supreme commander in the American colonies. He is replaced himself after failing to take the fort at Ticonderoga.
Ongoing events
Births
- April 28 - James Monroe, later 5th President of the United States.
- May 6 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary.
- May 17 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector
- September 29 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.
- October 16 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.
- Charles d'Abancourt, French statesman
- Emperor Go-Momozono of Japan
- Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
Deaths
- May 3 - Pope Benedict XIV
- December 5 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
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