About the day » Thursday August 3, 1758Calender converter

• Francisca Susanna VANDEMOERE, Lapscheure (Damme), West-Vlaanderen, België
• Berendina Wilterdink, Ratum (Winterswijk) († 1820)
• Beeltje Troost, Wageningen († 1809)
• Anne Wierds Wierdsma, Sint Nicolaasga, Skarsterl-N, Friesland, Netherlands († 1826)
• Berendina Wilterdink
• Anna Gesina Thekla Schmidt, Steinbild, Kluse († 1824)
• Beeltje TROOST, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1809)
• Frederik Knollenburg, Hilversum
• Alexandrina Thevelein, Wijtschate († 1818)
• catherine DEGRACE, Frameries (Belgium) Hainaut († 1815)

• Françoise PENNETIER (66), Leugny, 86220, France
• Jenneke Janssen, Geijsteren
• Joannes Dillis Weyns (61), Wortel
• Dorthe Jensdatter (60), Frørup Kirke, Vindinge, Svendborg, Danmark
• Hendrikus Offerman, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• N.N. Rombouts (256.3.0) (0), Pulle, Antwerpen, België
• Hendrik Evertsz Vos, Laren
• Agneta Catherina Hoeufft (69)
• Marie Anne Barbery (13), Lorgies
• Hendrick Evertsz Vos, Laren

• 1692 » John Henley, English minister and poet († 1759)
• 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
• 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
• 1803 » Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace († 1865)
• 1808 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State († 1893)
• 1811 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company († 1861)
• 1817 » Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen († 1895)
• 1823 » Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana († 1867)
• 1832 » Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director († 1914)
• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)

• 1712 » Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1720 » Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 » Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 » Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 » Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 » Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)

• 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.
• 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 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 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 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 3, 1758 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder.