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• Anna Johanna Maria Ercken, Achel († 1820)
• Alida Heijster, Leiden
• Gerrit Dirks Meister (Meester), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1831)
• Grietje Caspersdr. Maarschalk, Noordwijk-Binnen, ZH, Nederland († 1763)
• Anna Getrudis van Melsen, Breda
• Jane Underhill, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England († 1761)
• ANTONIA FRANCISCA ERA, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1793)
• Jane UNDERHILL, Tedbury, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND († 1761)
• Geneviève RAFFIOT, Sougères-en-Puisaye (89-Yonne), France († 1807)
• Gerrit Dirks Meister, Giethoorn, Overijsel, Netherlands († 1831)

• Magdalena van Rantzau (76), Pinneberg, Sleeswijk-Holstein
• Marie Marguerite PAPINEAU, Québec, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Margaretha Josepha van Horne (71), Antwerpen
• Johanna Jacobs den Docter, Nijmegen
• Marie-Françoise Bélanger (41), Cap-Saint-Ignace, QC, Canada
• Simon Cornelisz Turk (34), den Hoorn
• Jacques HUQUET (75), Sévignac, 22250, France
• Charles GENEST (0), Québec (Charlesbourg)
• Aaltje Jans Visser (53), Oostzaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Cornelisd De KEIJZER (44)

• 1724 » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author († 1803)
• 1725 » Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1767)
• 1728 » Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria († 1797)
• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)

• 1657 » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)

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)
• April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
• August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• November 25 » French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
• 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 29, 1758 was about 15.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.