About the day » Saturday May 27, 1758Calender converter

• Elisabeth BEHR, Loutzviller, Moselle, Grand Est, France († 1858)
• Johannes Blum († 1822)
• Guillaume Bless, Mehr
• Helena Stads, Goirle († 1824)
• Gesina (Sina) Brinkhuis, Woolde, 7555, Nederland
• Eltje Roelandse, Leiden
• Augustinus Hauman, Temse († 1758)
• Arriaantje Nieuwenhuys, Zuidland, NL
• Hermannus Zwanikse Bakker, Laren N.H
• Leendert Jacobs de Lange, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1804)

• Gerardus Willemsz. van der Merwe - Murve (62), Nootdorp
• Gijsbertus VERHEIJDEN, Middelbeers, 3979, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egidius Belaen (52)
• Hendrik Janse, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gerardus Willemsz. (Gerrit) van de Merwe (62), Nootdorp, ZH, Nederland
• Smaal (0), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Jemima Wheeler Williams (54), Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Jacobus van der Worp
• Francois Swalens (55), Sint Genesius Rode, Belgie
• Gerardus Willemsz van de Merwe (62), Nootdorp

• 1738 » Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress († 1796)
• 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
• 1774 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy († 1857)
• 1794 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1877)
• 1814 » John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
• 1815 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales († 1896)
• 1818 » Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist († 1894)
• 1819 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter († 1910)
• 1827 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1832 » Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon († 1917)

• 1661 » Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1607)
• 1675 » Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
• 1690 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
• 1702 » Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
• 1707 » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
• 1781 » Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
• 1797 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)

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)
• 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 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
• July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
• 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 May 27, 1758 was about 16.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donder bliksem regen betrokken noorderlicht.