* 1722 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia ( d. 1758 )

* Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 – the ass ’ s ear abalone

* Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 – the Midas ear abalone, perlemoen abalone or South African abalone

* Haliotis parva Linnaeus, 1758 – the canaliculate abalone

* Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 – the green ormer, European edible abalone, tube abalone, or tuberculate ormer – synonyms: Haliotis varia, Variable abalone, Haliotis barbouri

** Haliotis tuberculata marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 – synonyms: Haliotis virginea – the Virgin abalone, Haliotis rosacea, the rosy abalone

* 1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter ( d. 1835 )

* 1758 – Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer ( d. 1810 )

* 1758 – The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.

* 1839 – Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician ( b. 1758 )

Vir Singh Kirat Singh Pahar Singh ( 1758 – 1765 )

Meanwhile, under the direction of Benedict XIV ( pope 1740 – 1758 ), a special congregation collected much material for an official revision, but nothing was published.

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

Charles Xavier Joseph de Franque Ville d ' Abancour ( 4 July 1758 – 9 September 1792 ) was a French statesman, minister to Louis XVI.

** Charles Darwin ( 1758 – 1778 ) physician and scientist, uncle of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )

* Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough ( 1706 – 1758 ), third son of Lady Sunderland

* 1758 – Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor and teacher of music ( d. 1832 )

David later became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend of Maximilien Robespierre ( 1758 – 1794 ), and was effectively a dictator of the arts under the French Republic.

* 1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech composer and tenor ( d. 1826 )

* 1714 – James Hervey, English clergyman and writer ( d. 1758 )

* 1698 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician ( d. 1758 )

* 1758 – Seven Years ' War: Battle of Krefeld – British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.

* 1758 – Seven Years ' War: The Battle of Domstadtl takes place.

* 1758 – Seven Years ' War: Austria defeats Prussia at the Battle of Hochkirk.

The excellent location of St. Louis caught the attention of English who occupied it three times for a few months in 1693, then during the Seven Years ' War of 1758 until it was taken by the Duc de Lauzun in 1779, lastly 1809 in 1816.

In 1758 the French settlement was captured by a British expedition as part of the Seven Years ' War, but was later returned to France.

* 1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years ' War.

In 1758 Pitt began to put into practice a new strategy to win the Seven Years War, which would involve tying down large numbers of French troops and resources in Germany, while Britain used its naval supremacy to launch expeditions to capture French forces around the globe.

In the aftermath of generally poor French results in most theaters of the Seven Years ' War in 1758, France's new foreign minister, the duc de Choiseul, decided to focus on an invasion of Britain, to draw British resources away from North America and the European mainland.

Amherst gained fame during the Seven Years ' War, particularly in the North American campaign known in the United States as the French and Indian War when he led the British attack on Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island in June 1758.

During the Seven Years ' War, the British briefly occupied the town after the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758.

The fort was captured and destroyed by the British in the Battle of Fort Frontenac during the Seven Years ' War in 1758.

The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War ( which was part of the global Seven Years War ).

As the Seven Years ' War entered its later stages through 1758 and 1759, French forces and colonies in northeastern North America came under renewed attacks from British troops.

It was captured again in 1758 by British forces in the Seven Years ' War, after which it was systematically destroyed by British engineers.

De Bouillé first saw military action in the Seven Years ' War in 1758, when his regiment joined French forces in present-day Germany.

Starting at about age 15 during the French and Indian War ( part of the Seven Years War ), Brant took part with Mohawk and other Iroquois allies in a number of British actions against the French in Canada: James Abercrombie's 1758 expedition via Lake George that ended in utter defeat at Fort Carillon ; Johnson's 1759 Battle of Fort Niagara ; and Jeffery Amherst's 1760 expedition to Montreal via the St. Lawrence River.

In 1758 MacDonald sailed to Louisbourg which was then under siege as part of the Seven Years ' War.

* Siege of Louisbourg ( 1758 ), the capture of the settlement by British forces during the Seven Years ' War, after which it was permanently ceded to the British

* Battle of Zorndorf, fought there in 1758 between Prussia and Russia during the Seven Years ' War

The Battle of Zorndorf was a battle fought on August 25, 1758 during the Seven Years ' War, fought between the forces of the Russians troops under the command of Count William Fermor – and a Prussian army under King Frederick the Great.

The Battle of Hochkirch was a battle fought on October 14, 1758 during the Seven Years ' War between a Prussian army of 30, 000-36, 000 commanded by Frederick the Great and an Austrian army of 80, 000 commanded by Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun.

The Battle of Krefeld ( sometimes referred to by its French name of Créfeld ) was a battle fought on 23 June 1758 between a Prussian-Hanoverian army and a French army during the Seven Years ' War.

The Seven Years ' War began in 1756 and the government immediately gave orders for the defence of the dockyard ; by 1758 the Chatham Lines of Defence were built.