About the day » Wednesday November 15, 1758Calender converter

• Cornelia Keijser, Werkendam († 1765)
• Dirk Blom, Akersloot
• Carl August Reinhold, Markersbach, Zwickau, Saxony
• Francis Ford († 1801)
• Anna Christina de Heer, Maassluis,Gemeente Maassluis,South Holland,Netherlands († 1758)
• Catharina 'Caatje' KRAGTWIJK, Rotterdam,, Pays-Bas († 1833)
• Francis (Sir) (1St Baronet) FORD († 1801)
• Gijsbert Wagtevelt van, Leiden
• Cornelis van de Mark, Meteren († 1802)
• Aaltje Cornelisse Verkerk, Benschop, Nederland († 1827)

• joanna jeucken (25), sevenum
• Adriaan Jacobs Endepoel (0), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Thijsen (82), Amerongen (Utrechtse Heuvelrug)
• Elisabeth VERDOEN (74), Rotterdam
• (82), Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• David Hendrik de Roller (52), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Long" Jonathan Stiles (80), Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Engel Glandops, Larrelt, Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Ewout van der Maas (58), Brouwershaven
• Jan Thijssen van VEENENSTEIJN (83), Amerongen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1692 » Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian († 1775)
• 1708 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1778)
• 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)
• 1791 » Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1869)
• 1793 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic († 1880)

• 1670 » John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592)
• 1691 » Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
• 1706 » Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (b. 1683)
• 1712 » Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
• 1712 » James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1658)
• 1787 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
• 1794 » John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
• 1795 » Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
• 1832 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
• 1845 » William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)

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)
• January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• 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 12 » French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
• 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.
• 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 November 15, 1758 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken.