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• Gasparius Goetschalckx, Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Kickert, Den Burg († 1833)
• Benjamin Levasseur, Québec, Quebec, Canada († 1835)
• Antje Izaaks Kikkert, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1833)
• Arnoldus Spier, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrea Lucius, Boekel
• Daniel DE MOOR, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland
• Antje Isaakdr Kikkert, Durgerdam, Noord Holland († 1833)
• Adam Weber, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Doodgeboren dochter van Roosmaelen, Vlijmen († 1758)

• Fijtje Beerts (79), Lunteren
• Adriana van Schayk (24)
• Aletta Maria Duijvensz (34), Vreeland
• Jean Remacle ANTOINE (73), Thirimont-Waimes, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Anna Maria Thiemans, Meise, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Elizabeth Zuitwijk, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David Hosmer (5)
• Dominicus Van Haute (0), Hamme
• Gerhardus Davina (Lansink) (51), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Aleida Borkes Borkus, Dinxperlo

• 1675 » Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire († 1749)
• 1713 » Marie Fel, French soprano and actress († 1794)
• 1763 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator († 1839)
• 1784 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker († 1885)
• 1788 » Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet († 1879)
• 1798 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter († 1866)
• 1804 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic († 1891)
• 1811 » Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor († 1885)
• 1830 » Marianne North, English biologist and painter († 1890)
• 1838 » Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator († 1921)

• 1642 » Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
• 1655 » Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
• 1669 » William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
• 1672 » John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
• 1725 » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
• 1799 » Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)

• 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 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.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• 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 October 24, 1758 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen.