About the day » Thursday November 2, 1758Calender converter

• Catharina Luijsterburg, Roosendaal
• Cornelius Abrahams, Tilburg
• Anthonia van Bladel, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1818)
• Eva Ursem, Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Rondeau, St-Ours, Quebec, Canada († 1834)
• Elisabetha ROMMENS, Roosendaal
• Derck Scheffer, Zutphen, GL, Nederland († 1763)
• Digmannus van Giesbergen, Princenhage, Nederland († 1827)
• Franciscus Henrici Klaessen, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelius Abrahams, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• cesar Godefroij (52), Hamburg
• Aagje Dirks ROMEIJN (85), Strijen
• Gijsbert Willemsz Pater (45), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrik Tromp (0), Aalsmeer, Neth
• Aagje Romeijn (85), Strijen
• Clara Delvau (58), Gaasbeek, Belgium
• Harmen Reijntjes Plakke, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gijsbert Willemse Pater (54), Doorn
• Agatha Jansdr. van der Bijl (31), Wassenaar
• Jacob Hendriksz van Urk (93), Durgerdam

• 1734 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer († 1820)
• 1739 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer († 1799)
• 1741 » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch lawyer and politician († 1784)
• 1754 » Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general († 1794)
• 1755 » Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1766 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal († 1858)
• 1777 » Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator († 1822)
• 1795 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States († 1849)
• 1799 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon († 1885)
• 1799 » Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer († 1885)

• 1716 » Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
• 1807 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Johannes
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. Jean
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Joanna
6. Catharina
7. Elisabeth
8. Cornelia
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Elizabeth
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Mary
16. Adriana

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
• April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
• June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
• July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
• August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

The temperature on November 2, 1758 was about 11.0 °C. There was 161 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken.