1758 in Great Britain explained
Events from the year 1758 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
- 15 April – Samuel Johnson begins publishing the series of essays The Idler (1758–1760) in the Universal Chronicle.
- 21 April – Thomas Secker enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 24 April – Robert Dodsley and his brother James sign a contract with Edmund Burke to launch The Annual Register.
- 29 April – Seven Years' War: Battle of Cuddalore: A British fleet under George Pocock engages the French fleet of Anne Antoine d'Aché indecisively near Madras.
- 23 June – Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French.
- 8 July – French and Indian War: Battle of Carillon: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.[2]
- 3 August – Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Negapatam off the coast of India, Admiral Pocock again engages d'Aché's French fleet, this time with more success.
- 14 September – French and Indian War: At the Battle of Fort Duquesne, a British attack on Fort Duquesne is defeated.
- 27 October – the ship Dublin Trader (Captain White) leaves Parkgate, Cheshire, for Dublin, and founders in the Irish Sea; she carries 70,000 Irish pounds in money and £80,000 in goods, while among the 60 passengers lost are Edward, fifth Earl of Drogheda, Theophilus Cibber, the actor, and (probably) the Irish mezzotint engraver Michael Ford.[3]
- 25 November – French and Indian War: French forces abandon Fort Duquesne to the British who then name the area Pittsburgh.
Births
- 9 January – George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (died 1833)
- 24 January – Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (died 1844)
- 4 February – George Thicknesse, 19th Baron Audley (died 1818)
- 12 February – David Ochterlony, general (died 1825)
- 17 February – John Pinkerton, antiquarian (died 1826)
- 23 February – Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (died 1823)
- 4 April – John Hoppner, English portrait-painter (died 1810)
- 23 April
- 30 April – Jane West, writer (died 1852)
- April – Herod, racehorse (died 1780)
- 15 May – Thomas Taylor, neoplatonist translator (died 1835)
- 17 May – Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, fossil collector (died 1839)
- 30 June – James Stephen, lawyer (died 1832)
- 25 July – Elizabeth Hamilton, writer (died 1816)
- 24 August
- 25 August – Israel Pellew, Royal Navy officer (died 1832)
- 1 September – George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Whig politician (died 1834)
- 9 September – Alexander Nasmyth, portrait and landscape painter (died 1840)
- 29 September – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Royal Navy officer, admiral (killed in action 1805)
- 6 October – Watkin Tench, Marine officer (died 1833)
- 28 October – John Sibthorp, botanist (died 1796)
- 5 December – George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans (died 1787)
- 9 December – Richard Colt Hoare, antiquarian and archaeologist (died 1838)
Deaths
- 7 January – Allan Ramsay, poet (born 1686 in Scotland)
- 17 January – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, peer (born 1724)
- 10 February – Thomas Ripley, architect (born 1683)
- 6 March – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, politician (born c. 1705)
- 18 March – Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1693)
- 22 March – Richard Leveridge, bass and composer (born 1670)
- 6 July – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, general (killed in battle) (born c. 1725)
- 18 July – Duncan Campbell, soldier (year of birth unknown)
- 2 August – George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (born 1675)
- 2 October (bur.) – Philip Southcote, landscape gardener (born 1698)
- 12 October – Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, field marshal (born 1680)
- 14 October – Francis Edward James Keith, soldier and field marshal (born 1696)
- 20 October – Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, politician (born 1706)
- c.27/8 October – Theophilus Cibber, actor (born 1703)
- 12 November – John Cockburn, Scottish politician
- 22 November – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, politician (born 1680)
- 15 December – John Dyer, poet (born 1699)
- 25 December – James Hervey, clergyman and writer (born 1714)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: History of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle - GOV.UK . www.gov.uk . 19 June 2023 . en.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 319.
- Web site: Eric. Salmon. Cibber, Theophilus (1703–1758). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-10-31. 10.1093/ref:odnb/5418.
