21st May » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell (colonial settler) named Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
8th July » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the Kingdom of Great Britain or British at Ticonderoga, New York.
26th July » French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg (1758) called Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
29th August » The first American Indian reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
25th November » French and Indian War: Kingdom of Great Britain called British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) called Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
13th December » The English transport ship 'Duke William (ship) e.g Duke William' sinks in the North Atlantic, List of maritime disasters Pre World War I e.g killing over 360 people.
Famous Birthdays in 1758
7th February » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826)
9th March » Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist (d. 1828)
19th April » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (d. 1831)
28th April » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
29th April » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)
30th April » Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)
6th May » Maximilien de Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
6th May » André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
17th May » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (d. 1839)
14th August » Carle Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
24th August » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
25th August » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
10th September » Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
20th September » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (d. 1806)
21st September » Christopher Gore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 8th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1827)
25th September » Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)
26th September » Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
29th September » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (d. 1805)
11th October » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
16th October » Noah Webster, American lexicographer and author (d. 1843)
16th November » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (d. 1841)
25th November » John Armstrong, Jr., American soldier and politician (d. 1843)
11th December » Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1832)
23rd December » Nathan Wilson, American soldier and politician (d. 1834)
Famous Deaths in History for 1758
7th January » Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) named Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (b. 1686)
10th February » Thomas Ripley (architect) called Thomas Ripley, English architect (b. 1682)
2nd March » Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
6th March » Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
22nd March » Jonathan Edwards (theologian) known as Jonathan Edwards, American minister and theologian (b. 1703)
22nd March » Richard Leveridge, English opera singer and composer (b. 1670)
22nd April » Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist (b. 1686)