1758
1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
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 appearsFirst European settlement in what is now Erie County by the French at the mouth of Buffalo Creek. Pope Clement XIII ascends to papacyRudjer 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 French and Indian War (1754-1763) Seven Years' War (1756-1763) BirthsApril 28 - James Monroe, later 5th President of the United States.May 6 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary.May 17 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collectorSeptember 29 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.October 16 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer.Charles d'Abancourt, French statesmanEmperor Go-Momozono of JapanKamehameha I, King of Hawaii
Deaths May 3 - Pope Benedict XIV December 5 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
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