1758 in Germany

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Events from the year 1758 in Germany.

## Incumbents[edit]

* Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
* King of Prussia – Frederick the Great[1]
* Electorate of Saxony – Augustus III of Poland
* Electorate of Hanover – George II of Great Britain
* Duchy of Württemberg – Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
* Grand Duke of Baden – Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

## Events[edit]

* 15 March – 18 April – Siege of Schweidnitz
* 5 April – Founding of Ludwigsburg porcelain
* 4 May – 2 July – Siege of Olomouc
* 12 June – Seven Years' War – Battle of Rheinberg
* 23 June – Seven Years' War - Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French.
* 30 June – Seven Years' War - Battle of Domstadtl: Austrian forces under Ernst Gideon von Laudon and Joseph von Siskovits rout an enormous convoy with supplies for the Prussian army, guarded by strong troops of Hans Joachim von Zieten.
* 23 July – Battle of Sandershausen
* 5 August – Battle of Mehr
* 25 August – Seven Years' War – Battle of Zorndorf: Frederick defeats the Russian army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the Oder.
* 26 September – Battle of Tornow
* 28 September – Battle of Fehrbellin
* 10 October – Seven Years' War – Battle of Lutterberg
* 14 October – Seven Years' War: Battle of Hochkirch: Frederick loses a hard-fought battle against the Austrians under Marshal Leopold von Daun, who besieges Dresden.
* 18 November – Battle of Güstow
* December 1757 – June 1758 – Blockade of Stralsund

### Undated[edit]

* Siege of Küstrin
* Construction of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Saarbrücken is completed.[2]
* German company MAN is founded.

## Births[edit]

* 8 April in Mannheim – Peter Joseph Krahe, German architect (died 1840)
* 26 June in Schleiz – Christian Gottlieb Reichard, German cartographer (died 1837)
* 26 July in Reisbach (Vils) – Maximus von Imhof German physicist (died 1817)
* 5 October in Braunschweig – August Lafontaine, German novelist (died 1831)
* 22 October in Hanover – Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter (died 1835)
* 26 October in Dettingen unter Teck – Christian Friedrich von Otto , Württemberger official and politician (died 1836)
* 21 November in Schwedt – Duke Eugen of Württemberg (died 1822)
* 11 December \- Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer and conductor (died 1832)
* Undated in Troisdorf – Moritz Kellerhoven German portrait painter and etcher (died 1830)

## Deaths[edit]

* 16 January in Trier – Oliver Legipont, German Benedictine bibliographer (born 1698)
* 10 May in Leipzig – Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, German academic, librarian and lexicographer (born 1694)
* 28 May in Weimar – Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1737)
* 3 August in Sande, Lower Saxony – Albert Brahms, Frisian dike judge (born 1692)
* 3 September in Hanover – George William Alberti, German essayist and theologian, (born 1723)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Frederick II". History.com. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
2. ^ "Die Basilika St. Johann" (in German). Pfarrei St. Johann Saarbrücken. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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