25th » French and Indian War: Kingdom of Great Britain called British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) called Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1758
16th » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (d. 1841)
25th » John Armstrong, Jr., American soldier and politician (d. 1843)
Famous Deaths for November 1758
20th » Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. 1694)
22nd » Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680)