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• Elisabeth Weber, Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg († 1821)
• Cornelia Johanna Nolet, Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1835)
• Caetie de KONING, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Franziska Romana von Hallwyl († 1836)
• Catriena ter Maat, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Poppeliers Joanna Magaretha, Poppel, Antwerpen, België († 1813)
• Cecilia Rosalia ( Derinck ) Derynck, Aartrijke († 1832)
• Cornelia Joanna Nolet, Schiedam
• Geurt Willemsz van Isselt, Eemnes
• Benjamin Benjamins, Amsterdam († 1812)

• Geertruidt Sloot (2), Brummen, Overijsel, The Netherlands
• Eeske BRUINEWOLT, Groningen
• Eeske Clasens Bruinewolt (61), Groningen (Groningen)
• Jantje Albertsdochter LASSCHE (38)
• Jacob Ernst von der Recke (36), Zoendorf
• Jacobus Vandoorne, Roeselare
• Conrad Dietz (47), Hellam Township, York, Colony of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Anneke Huibertse van den Hoff (73), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ellen Slater (41), Higher Runcorn, Cheshire, England
• Jacob Ernst van der Recke (36)

• 1724 » George Stubbs, English painter and academic († 1806)
• 1741 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author († 1792)
• 1744 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic († 1803)
• 1758 » Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer († 1810)
• 1767 » Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician († 1794)
• 1776 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral († 1853)
• 1786 » Ludwig I of Bavaria († 1868)
• 1796 » James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder († 1876)
• 1802 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author († 1850)
• 1803 » Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias († 1880)

• 1688 » Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 » Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 » Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 » Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 » Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 » Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1797 » Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)
• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)

• 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 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.
• August 29 » The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.

The temperature on August 25, 1758 was about 19.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.