What happened 1758 AD

In 1758, the Virginia Regiment was assigned to Britain's Forbes Expedition to take Fort Duquesne. Washington disagreed with General John Forbes' tactics and chosen route. Forbes nevertheless made Washington a brevet brigadier general and gave him command of one of the three brigades that would assault the fort. The French abandoned the fort and the valley before the assault was launched; Washington saw only a friendly-fire incident which left 14 dead and 26 injured. The war lasted another four years, but Washington resigned his commission and returned to Mount Vernon.

George Washington was elected to represent Frederick County in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

The cottagers of Glenburnie was written by Elizabeth Hamilton who was born in Ireland in 1758.

John Hoppner was an English portrait painter who was born in London in 1758.

The Austrian army defeated Prussia at the battle at Hochkirk.

During the Seven Years' War, the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia was silenced and all French warships were destroyed or taken.

Prussia defeated Russia in the Battle of Zorndorf, killing 1000s of Russians.