1758 in Germany
list of events
Events from the year 1758 in Germany.
Incumbents
Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III Joseph
King of Prussia – Frederick II
Electorate of Saxony – Augustus III
Electorate of Hanover – George II
Duchy of Württemberg – Charles Eugene
Grand Duke of Baden – Charles Frederick
Events
15 March – 18 April – Siege of Schweidnitz
5 April – Founding of Ludwigsburg porcelain
4 May – 2 July – Siege of Olomouc
12 June – Seven Years' War – Battle of Rheinberg
23 June – Seven Years' War – Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French.
30 June – Seven Years' War – 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 – Battle of Sandershausen
5 August – Battle of Mehr
25 August – Seven Years' War – Battle of Zorndorf: Frederick defeats the Russian army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the Oder.
26 September – Battle of Tornow
28 September – Battle of Fehrbellin
10 October – Seven Years' War – Battle of Lutterberg
14 October – 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 – Battle of Güstow
December 1757 – June 1758 – Blockade of Stralsund
Undated
Siege of Küstrin
Construction of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Saarbrücken is completed.
German company MAN is founded.
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