About the day » Monday January 2, 1758Calender converter

• Cornelis Scheijmulder, Amersfoort
• Aldegondis van Dooren, Hoogeloon
• Christine Lemke, Langenau, Goldau, Westpreußen, Deutschland
• Cornelis LUIJCKX, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• Elisabeth (Maria) Hamels, Lubbeek († 1758)
• Desire Robinson, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
• Christian Müller, Richstein, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1822)
• Cornelius Luijks, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1810)
• Anna Theresia Exelmans, Zichem († 1809)
• Cornelis Dijker, Texel († 1808)

• Joanna Van Overstraeten (72), Sint-Martens-Lennik
• Gerrit Bovenpijl (63), Gouda, Nederland
• Helena Houben (62), Vlodrop, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna, Maria Arijs, Moorsel
• Anna Maria Hagen Bona (55), Csátalja, 6523, Magyarország
• Isabella Eugenia Clara BOCKEZ (3), Ichtegem
• Anne Barbe Angelique Plichon (80), Englefontaine, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
• Jacobus van den Eventuijn (3), Helmond (Helmond) (Noord-Brabant)
• Jan~Jb Oudes (0), Zd-Scharwoude
• Jacob van Belle, Spijkenisse

• 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
• 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
• 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)

• 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
• 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)

• 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)
• January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
• June 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
• August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

The temperature on January 2, 1758 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken sneeuw.