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• Cnelia van den Heuvel, Voorburg
• Antonius van Heeswijk, Uden († 1791)
• Gosewinus Jansen de Lorme, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1823)
• Everdina Jansen, Deventer
• Andreas Stenger, Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Akke Tjummes, Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Isabella Clara Crombez, Klerken
• Fijtje Holsteijn, Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1829)
• Hermannus Henricus 't Hooft, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Frederica Elisabetha Regina Josepha de Beijer, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Jean BEHRA (38), Rimbach-Près-Masevaux, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, Fran
• Johann Isaak WELTER (29), Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Elizabeth Alden (0), Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Martinus Josephus ZEGERS (1), Merchtem,1785,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Anna Elisabetha Mispelbaum (2), Suggenraht (Dld)
• Jan Frederik Wolfganck (38), Decima (Japan)
• Judoca Françisca Plettinck (71), Deinze (BE)
• Marie-Gertrude Daunais (88), Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• David Hills (55), E Hartford
• Gerardus Gysels, Boom

• 1713 » John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1792)
• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)

• 1632 » Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
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. Adriana
16. Mary

• 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.
• 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.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
• 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 May 25, 1758 was about 21.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken onweer regen.