1758 in Germany
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Incumbents
Events
- 15 March â 18 April â Siege of Schweidnitz
- 5 April â Founding of Ludwigsburg porcelain
- 4 May â 2 July â Siege of Olomouc
- 12 June â Seven Years' War â Battle of Rheinberg
- 23 June â Seven Years' War â Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French.
- 30 June â Seven Years' War â 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 â Battle of Sandershausen
- 5 August â Battle of Mehr
- 25 August â Seven Years' War â Battle of Zorndorf: Frederick defeats the Russian army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the Oder.
- 26 September â Battle of Tornow
- 28 September â Battle of Fehrbellin
- 10 October â Seven Years' War â Battle of Lutterberg
- 14 October â 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 â Battle of Güstow
- December 1757 â June 1758 â Blockade of Stralsund
Undated
- Siege of Küstrin
- Construction of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Saarbrücken is completed.[2]
- German company MAN is founded.
Births
- 8 April in Mannheim â Peter Joseph Krahe, German architect (died 1840)
- 26 June in Schleiz â Christian Gottlieb Reichard, German cartographer (died 1837)
- 26 July in Reisbach (Vils) â Maximus von Imhof German physicist (died 1817)
- 5 October in Braunschweig â August Lafontaine, German novelist (died 1831)
- 22 October in Hanover â Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter (died 1835)
- 26 October in Dettingen unter Teck â Christian Friedrich von Otto, Württemberger official and politician (died 1836)
- 21 November in Schwedt â Duke Eugen of Württemberg (died 1822)
- 11 December - Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer and conductor (died 1832)
- Undated in Troisdorf â Moritz Kellerhoven German portrait painter and etcher (died 1830)
Deaths
- 16 January in Trier â Oliver Legipont, German Benedictine bibliographer (born 1698)
- 10 May in Leipzig â Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, German academic, librarian and lexicographer (born 1694)
- 28 May in Weimar â Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1737)
- 3 August in Sande, Lower Saxony â Albert Brahms, Frisian dike judge (born 1692)
- 3 September in Hanover â George William Alberti, German essayist and theologian, (born 1723)