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• Aalbert Maartenz Knaap, Castricum († 1826)
• Adrianus Kuijs
• Anna Maria van Osselaer, Melsele († 1831)
• Aves Ives Beardsley, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
• Ariaentje Jans Bijwaert, Nieuwe Niedorp
• Adrianus Kuijs, Vlijmen
• Dirk van Ewijk, Schalkwijk
• Elzo Elzes Hazelhoff, westerlee
• Adrianus TRUYMAN, Stekene († 1759)
• Abigail Reynolds († 1837)

• Ary Aertsz. van der Staaij (60), Ridderkerk
• Jan~Azn Poover (0), Zd-Scharwoude
• Cornelis Bevelander (35), Poortvliet
• Frederik Graaf Károlyi van Nagy-Károly (53)
• Ary van der STAAIJ (60), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Franciscus Jacobus Josephus Annez de Taboada (35), Brussel
• Henry Bartleson
• Arij Aartsz van der Staaij (60), Ridderkerk
• Jan Ariensz Wildschut (46), Molenaarsgraaf, Nederland
• Amelberga DE COCK (31), Zwijndrecht

• 1688 » Frederick William I of Prussia († 1740)
• 1714 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter († 1789)
• 1738 » Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor († 1793)
• 1740 » Pope Pius VII († 1823)
• 1758 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer († 1835)
• 1777 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist († 1851)
• 1814 » Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher († 1901)
• 1817 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1874)
• 1840 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author († 1902)
• 1847 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1922)

• 1657 » Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, 57th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1560)
• 1691 » Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1630)
• 1727 » William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1774 » Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
• 1784 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)

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.
• 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.
• August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
• November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
• 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 August 14, 1758 was about 18.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: regen omtrent helder.