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• Anna Maria Parmentier, Amsterdam († 1784)
• Age Gerrits Miedema, Blessum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Dirk Arends Veldkamp, Zalk († 1811)
• Dirk Arends Veltkamp, Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1811)
• Cornelius Kuijt, Waveren (De Ronde Venen), Utrecht, Nederland († 1759)
• Anna Rietveldt, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1852)
• Derk Arends Veldkamp, Zalk en Veecaten, Nederland († 1811)
• Aaltje Daamse Boer, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1837)
• Cornelis Jansz Roemer (alias Oli), Oosterblokker († 1834)
• Cornelis Janz Roemer, Westerblokker, Nederland († 1834)

• Cornelis Wulbertsz Melker (33), Limmen
• Elizabeth Davis (78), Montague, Ma
• Huyg Klaasz Buytelaar, Egmond aan Zee, Gemeente Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dominicus De Wilde (0), Moerbeke
• Jacques Dominique Vienne (46), Richebourg, 62136, Pas de Calais, FRANCE
• Jan Ariensz Boot (88), Gouda
• Franciscus 't Sas, Meise, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Huibertje Franckdr van Oostrom (46), Vreeswijk (Utrecht)
• Elizabeth Bowden Higgins (27)
• Cornelis~Cz Koning (55), Nrd-Scharwoude

• 1730 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral († 1790)
• 1735 » Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist († 1819)
• 1751 » Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright († 1820)
• 1764 » Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1820)
• 1769 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1852)
• 1783 » Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter († 1861)
• 1803 » James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author († 1849)
• 1821 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia († 1897)
• 1824 » Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic († 1904)
• 1825 » Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1898)

• 1668 » Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
• 1730 » François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
• 1731 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
• 1738 » Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
• 1772 » Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)

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. 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)
• June 30 » Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
• 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.
• August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• 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 1, 1758 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken.