What Happened in December 1758

Historical Events

  • Dec 25 Return of Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch
  • Dec 31 British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 3 Joseph Gelinek, Czech composer, born in Beroun, Czech Republic (d. 1825)
  • Dec 11 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1832)
  • Dec 20 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Flemish horn player and composer, born in Ypres, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1832)
  • Dec 23 Nathan Wilson, U.S. Representative from New York, born in Bolton, Massachusetts (d. 1834)

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 5 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer, dies at 70
  • Dec 25 James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)