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• Agneta MAria Luberti, Amsterdam
• Anje Jacobs, Baflo
• 00 Cornelis Baars († 1829)
• Hendrik Hendriks Lunenborg, Hoogeveen († 1840)
• Anje Hindriks Pesman, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1834)
• Anje HINDRIKS, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1834)
• Aalbert Koeslag, Laren
• Andreas Henricusz van den Akker, Hof van Delft († 1838)
• Aafke Tetsma, Pingjum
• Abram Gerrits Ruit, Ouddorp

• Christian Croll (51), York Co, Pennsylvania
• Baroness Johanna of Rohr-Stein (82), Psary
• Johanna Helene von Rohr und Stein (82), H�nern
• Johanna Helena van Rohr-Stein (82), Psary/Olawa (Hünern), Neder-Silezië, Polen
• Marie Catherine Mesny (67), St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada
• Baucke Meinderts (42), Wouterswoude, Friesland, Nederland
• Johan Willem Carp (68), Büderich, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Cornelis Evertsen van 't Ruijsseveen (1), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacob Levie Schats-segal (63), Amsterdam
• Elske Schurer (34)

• 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
• 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)

• 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
• 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
• 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)

• 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 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.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
• 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 August 20, 1758 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.