1758 in Russia
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Events from 1758 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- January 22 â Seven Years' War â 34,000 Russian soldiers capture Königsberg in East Prussia (modern-day Kaliningrad).
- February 14 â Vice Chancellor Aleksey Bestuzhev-Ryumin was removed from office.
- August 25 â Seven Years' War â Wilhelm Fermor's troops are defeated by Frederick near the Oder during the Battle of Zorndorf.
- Seven Years' War â Russia made a failed attempt to take Kolberg in Pomerania (modern-day KoÅobrzeg, Poland).
Births
- Euphrosinia Kolyupanovskaya, courtier (d. 1855)
- Ekaterina Orlova (courtier), courtier (d. 1781)
Deaths
- July 14 - Abrahaam Kaauw (Boerhaave), Russian medic, personal physician of the Empress (b.1715)
- August 17 â Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, Russian soldier (b. 1702)
- September 5 â Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov, Russian chemist (b. c. 1720)
