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January 1st – Queen Barbara of Spain dies
January 5th – Nine Years’ War: Battle of Malaga. British fleet prevents the French from escaping the Mediterranean.
January 8th - Nine Years War: British capture the French Ship Vengeance (32) and incorporate it into the fleet

March – James Abercrombie replaces the Earl of Loudoun as supreme commander in the American colonies.
March 15th – Nine Years War: Battle of Thorn. Fredrick is victorious against the Russia army. Russians retreat back to Konigsburg, East Prussia.

April 7th - Nine Years War: British capture the French Ship Rostan (32) and Galatee (24) and incorporate them into the British fleet.
April 18th – May 8th – Nine Years War: 2nd Siege of Stettin. Fredrick’s attempt to recapture the city fails. Prussia’s navy is destroyed on the Oder Lagoon.
April 25th - Nine Years War: 2nd Battle of Schweidnitz. Austrian forces recapture Schweidnitz to aid in reoccupying Silesia. The fortress finally surrenders to the besiegers on May 5th.
April 28th – James Monroe born in Virginia (conception occurred prior to the arrival of time ripples)
April 29th – Nine Years War: Battle of Cuddalore: The Indian Ocean British fleet led by Sir George Pocock defeats the French fleet led by Anne Antoine, Comte d’Ache near Madras. British capture the French ship Sylphide.
April 30th - Nine Years War: Capture of Fort Saint Louis in Senegal by British forces.

May 21st – Nine Years' War: The Campbell children, Mary and William are abducted from their home in Pennsylvania by the Lenape.
May 30th - Nine Years War: Battle of Zobten: Fredrick leads the Prussian army to battle against the Austrians led by Daun. The battle is a stalemate with heavy casualties on both sides, but the Austrians are prevented from capturing Breslau and lower Silesia.

June 9th to August 17th - Nine Years War: Siege of Louisburg: British attack on Louisburg, Nova Scotia commences. French finally surrender on August 17th.
June 14th – Nine Years War: Raid on St Malo, France, Perceived 2nd failure of British descents on French coasts halts the practice.
June 18th – Nine Years War - Battle of Dusseldorf: British, Hanovarian and Prussian forces defeat the French forcing them to retreat west away from the Rhine.

July 6th - Pope Clement XIII succeeds Pope Benedict XIV as the 248th pope.
July 10th – Nine Years War – Battle at Carrilon: French Troops repulse a British attack on Fort Carrilon, at Ticonderoga, New York.
July 31st – Nine Years War – Battle of Malta: French Mediterranean Fleet captures and destroys a British trade convoy leaving the Levant

August 4th – Nine Years War – Battle of Negapatam: Off the coast of India, Admiral Pocock again victoriously engages Comte d'Aché's French fleet.
August 17th – Nine Years War: Louisburg falls to British Siege
August 19th – Nine Years War: Battle of Glace Bay: French ships defeat a British scouting squadron while attempting to relieve the Louisburg Siege.
August 30th – Nine Years War: Battle of Koslin: Despite winning, Russian forces are prevented from achieving their goal of laying Siege to Kolberg before the ‘58 – ‘59 winter.

September 5th, King Ferdinand VI of Spain dies and King Joseph I of Portugal is assassinated. Prime Minister of Portugal Sebastião José de Carvalho de Melo blames and imprisons the Tavora family and other aristocracy for the assassination.
September 13th – Nine Years War: Battle of Marburg: British-German forces defeat Austro-Bavarian forces, preventing French and Austrian forces from joining on the Western front.
September 15th – Nine Years War: Battle of Fort Duquesne: British attack on French Fort Duquesne is defeated.
September 23rd – Nine Years War: Battle of Strasburg: Swedish forces take the town of Strasburg in northern Brandenburg near Western Pomerania.
September 29th – Nine Years War: Battle of Prenzlau: Swedish forces are defeated by the Prussians after attempting and failing to besiege Prenzlau, and are forced to retreat back to Western Pomerania.

October 12th – Nine Years War: Battle of Chemnitz: The start of the Saxon revolt; October 25th to November 2nd – Nine Years War: Siege of Dresden. Austro- Saxon Forces take the city of Dredsen from Prussia. After an internal revolt of impressed Saxons led by General Michael Lorenz von Pirch, allows Königstein Fortress to be retaken.

November 3rd – Queen Maria I of Portugal is Crowned.
November 16th – Lisbon Riot – Prime Minister Melo puts down a riot in Lisbon. 100 deaths occur.
November 28th – Nine Years War: French forces abandon Fort Duquesne to the British who then rename the area Pittsburgh

December 5th – Nine Years War: Capture of Gorée, Senegal. British Forces capture the French fortress at on the Island of Gorée in Africa near Senegal.
December 10th – Nine Years War: Battle of Condore: French fight off a British attack aimed as seizing their supply lines with marginal success.
December 15th – February 2nd – Nine Years War: Siege of Madras. French Forces siege and finally take the city of Madras from the British.
December 25th – Halley's Comet appears for the first time after Halley's discovery.
December 30th – Nine Years War: 3rd Treaty of Versailles is signed between France, Austria, Russia, Sweden and the Duchy of Mecklenburg. Spain also enters into a separate part of the treaty but at present remains neutral.