Historical Events Nov 25 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French Famous Birthdays 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) Born in 1758 Famous Deaths Nov 5 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686) Nov 20 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 64 Nov 22 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680) Oct 1758 History by Year Dec 1758 Famous People Who Were Admirals Aviators Gangsters Generals Industrialists Suffragists