About the day » Tuesday May 23, 1758Calender converter

• Henricus Hendricks, Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1763)
• Adrianus Joossen Van Ginderen, Essen, Antwerp, Belgium († 1800)
• Frans Spitse († 1803)
• Jan de Lange, Teckop
• Frans Klasen Spitse, Paasloo († 1803)
• Henricus Bakker, Kethel
• Cornelius Boon, Denderhoutem († 1840)
• Albertus Elemans, Huisseling († 1833)
• Charles Dorsey Wells, Diamond Ridge, Baltimore Co., MD († 1844)
• Jan de Lange, Teckop, Gem Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland

• Friederike Charlotte van Ortenburg (46), Castell, Bayern, Germany
• Arend Leendertsz BUIJTENDIJK, Stad aan 't Haringvliet
• Antonius Peter Claessen, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren, Gemeente Bladel, Noordbrabant, Nederland
• Anna Christina Horinghoff (45), Sendenhorst, Duitsland
• Cornelia Catharina Ven (88), Berlaar, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana van der LINDEN, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Barbara GANGLOFF (2)
• Friederike Johanne ZU ORTENBURG (46)
• Anna Katharina Hess (73), Enkenbach, Alsenborn, Deutschland
• Cornelia Catharina Ven (88), Berlaar, Antwerp, Belgium

• 1718 » William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician († 1783)
• 1729 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator († 1799)
• 1730 » Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general († 1813)
• 1734 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer († 1815)
• 1741 » Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer († 1801)
• 1789 » Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general († 1862)
• 1790 » James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor († 1852)
• 1790 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer († 1842)
• 1794 » Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer († 1870)
• 1795 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall († 1860)

• 1670 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
• 1691 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
• 1701 » William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
• 1749 » Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
• 1752 » William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
• 1754 » John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)
• 1783 » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1813 » Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)

• 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.
• July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
• 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 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

The temperature on May 23, 1758 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.