Editing 1758 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 6]] 
** [[Pope Clement XIII]] succeeds [[Pope Benedict XIV]], as the 248th [[pope]].
** [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bernetz Brook]]: British troops defeat the French.
* [[July 8]] &ndash; Seven Years' War: French and Indian War: French forces hold [[Fort Carillon]] against the British at [[Ticonderoga, New York]].
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; French and Indian War: The island battery at [[Fortress Louisbourg]] is silenced, and all French warships are destroyed or taken.
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Negapatam (1758)|Battle of Negapatam]]: Off the coast of India, Admiral Pocock again engages d'Aché's French fleet, this time with more success.
[[File:Friedrich II in der Schlacht bei Zorndorf Copy after Carl Röchling.jpg|thumb|right|[[August 25]]: [[Battle of Zorndorf]]]]
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Zorndorf]]: Frederick halts the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the [[Oder]].
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; British troops under the command of Colonel [[John Bradstreet]] capture [[Fort Frontenac]] (near the site of what is now [[Kingston, Ontario]]) from the French.<ref>Gordon Carruth, ed., The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates 3rd Edition (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962) p72</ref>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Távora affair]]: [[Joseph I of Portugal]] survives an assassination attempt.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] &ndash; French and Indian War: [[Battle of Fort Duquesne]]: A British attack on [[Fort Duquesne]] (modern-day [[Pittsburgh]]) is defeated.
[[File:Menzelhochkirch.jpg|thumb|right|[[October 14]]: [[Battle of Hochkirch]]]]