1758

Years:
1755 1756 1757 – 1758 – 1759 1760 1761

Decades:
1720s 1730s 1740s – 1750s – 1760s 1770s 1780s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

List of state leaders in 1758
List of religious leaders in 1758

1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

June 12 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
June 23 – Seven Years War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
July 8 – French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.
July 25 – French and Indian War: The island battery at Fortress Louisbourg is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken.
November 25 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
December 25 – Halley's Comet appears
First European settlement in what is now Erie County by the French at the mouth of Buffalo Creek.
Pope Clement XIII ascends to papacy
Rudjer Boscovich publishes his atomic theory in Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in nalura existentium
James Abercromby replaces the earl of Loudoun as supreme commander in the American colonies. He is replaced himself after failing to take the fort at Ticonderoga.

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