1758 deaths

pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758

missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor (1686-1758)

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)

French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

queen consort of Spain (1746 - 1758)

Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709-1758)

German general

French botanist (1686-1758)

thumb|Senesino c. 1720 right|thumb|Senesino in 1735, by Van Haecken after Hudson thumb|Portrait of the contralto castrato Francesco Bernardi, better known under his stage name Senesino; at the same time a parody of the castrati and their singing – and the wealth they earned with it. The lines beneath the portrait read, in Italian and English: "Renown'd Sienna gave him birth and name / Kind Heaven his Voice and Harmony his Fame / While here the Great and Fair their Tribute bring / The Deaf may wonder whence his Merits spring / But all think Fortune just, that hear him sing".

Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach

German botanist and doctor (1683-1758)

Swedish Baroque composer (1694-1758)

German violinist and composer

German artist (1680-1758)

British Army general (1706-1758)

French writer (1695-1758)

Kashibai Bhat was the first wife of Bajirao I, the Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor) Shahu. With Bajirao, she had four children, including Balaji Baji Rao and Ragunath Rao. Balaji succeeded Bajirao as Peshwa upon the latter's death in 1740. Also following Bajirao's death, Kashibai fostered her step-son, Shamsher Bahadur, whose mother was Bajirao's second wife, Mastani.

Scottish poet (1686-1758)

French princess, the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé

Ottoman grand vizier and provincial governor (1689-1758)

German general

Haitian Maroon leader

Scottish botanist, botanical illustrator and author (1699-1758)

Marthanda Varma was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1729 to 1758.

Italian painter (1691-1758)

King Borommakot (, ) or King Maha Thammarachathirat II () was the king of Ayutthaya from 1733 to 1758. His reign was the last blooming period of Ayutthaya as the kingdom would fall nine years after his death.

French harpsichordist, organist and composer

Duchess and Regent of Saxony-Hildburghausen

Polish bishop (1695-1758)

Russian general (1702-1758)

Danish poet (1705-1758)

Italian composer and violinist

Catholic cardinal

Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church

Italian cardinal

Swedish archbishop (1689-1758)

Jesuit scientist (1714-1758)

Italian architect (1675-1759)

German noble

Italian physician and naturalist

Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Genevan mathematician (1703-1758)

courtier; occasional painter; (1699-1758)

English noble and politician (1694-1758)

Archbishop of York (1747–1757) and Archbishop of Canterbury

Scottish peer (1724-1758)

English politician (1680-1758)

English writer (1703-1758)

German politician (1678-1758)

German lexicographer

French noble

Austrian painter (1695-1758)

German general

British Army general

English composer

French writer (1694-1758)

English courtier

German playwright

Italian painter (1685-1758)

English minister (1714-1758)