March 16 » The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
April 23 » Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
November 28 » At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
December 8 » A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
December 31 » James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
Day of death May 20, 1758
The temperature on May 20, 1758 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 4 » The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
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 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
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.
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