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Birthday November 15, 1758

• The temperature on November 15, 1758 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1758: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
  • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
  • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
  • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1738 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer († 1822)
• 1741 » Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist († 1801)
• 1746 » Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer († 1809)
• 1757 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic († 1830)
• 1776 » José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author († 1827)
• 1784 » Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg († 1860)