On This Day

November 1758 in History

Events in History

  • Nov 25 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French

Birthdays in History

  • Nov 7 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker and politician, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1837)
  • Nov 16 Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist, born in Vordingborg, Denmark (d. 1841)

Deaths in History

  • Nov 5 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
  • Nov 22 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)

Historical Figures

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