March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
Day of death October 12, 1758
The temperature on October 12, 1758 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
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.
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