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• Grietje Jans Giethoorn, Hoogeveen, province of Drenthe († 1820)
• Etienne Michel TROUILLARD, Andard, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1842)
• Grietje Jans Giethoorn, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1820)
• Arij Kleijweg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1793)
• Adam Ramsay
• Frans Aeisses Greven, Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland
• Gerryt Joosten, Ternaard
• Ernst van Hessen-Rheinfels († 1784)
• Gerrit Joostes Brunia, Ternaard, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1801)
• Gerrit Sybes, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland

• Harmen Roelofs Koster (98), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Elsbeth Ringger (34)
• Catharina De Wolf (80), Lille (Gierle), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Catharina De Wolf (80), Gierle
• Child VROENEN, Rekem (B)
• Anna Margaretha Muller (77), Londorf Hessen
• Arij Verschuur (64)
• Harmen Roelofs Koster, Hoogeveen
• Elsbeth Ringger (34)
• Johann Martin Stober (28), Pennsylvania, United States

• 1705 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1774)
• 1705 » Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer († 1772)
• 1735 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1811)
• 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
• 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
• 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
• 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
• 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
• 1821 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician († 1874)
• 1823 » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator († 1889)

• 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
• 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
• 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

• 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).
• 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.
• 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 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 September 28, 1758 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.