About the day » Sunday July 2, 1758Calender converter

• Anna Maria van Munster, Rindern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Cornelisdr Ploeger, Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1763)
• Annetie Smoor, Rockanje († 1835)
• Abraham Wissink, Lonneker († 1810)
• Annetje Jacobs van der Maten, Doornspijk (Oosterwolde), Nederland († 1814)
• Anna Catharina (Peter Stein) Plath, Hillscheid († 1837)
• Akke Ulbes Faber, Wommels, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Annetje Abrahamsdr Smoor, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1835)
• Annetje Abrahamsd. Smoor, Rockanje († 1835)
• Albertus van Straten, Woudrichem († 1758)

• Harmina Alberts Tobbert, Lochem
• Peter Dirksz van Lent (2), Almkerk-Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Bousch, Susteren
• Dirk Varkevisser (3), Rotterdam
• Jeanne-Marie FORET (75), Marbais, 25062, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Hendrika Adelaar (61), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Henricus Swillens (48)
• Bernardus Claessens (5), Stabroek-Antwerpen, België
• Elizabeth CLARK (38), Upton, Skipsea, Yorkshire, England
• Joseph KARM (62), Schlierbach, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE

• 1667 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector († 1740)
• 1714 » Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer († 1787)
• 1724 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author († 1803)
• 1797 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) († 1852)
• 1819 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer († 1900)
• 1820 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory († 1878)
• 1820 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 († 1894)
• 1821 » Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada († 1915)
• 1825 » Émile Ollivier, French statesman († 1913)
• 1834 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian († 1917)

• 1621 » Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)
• 1656 » François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)
• 1674 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1743 » Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
• 1746 » Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)
• 1778 » Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)
• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
• July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
• September 11 » Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
• October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
• December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
• December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

The temperature on July 2, 1758 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.