Timeline July 1758

Events in July 1758 3

• 1758 Siege of Louisbourg British forces capture the French fortress in Nova Scotia A British expeditionary force besieged the fortified port of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island from 8 June 1758, forcing its French garrison to surrender on 26 July. The capture opened the Saint Lawrence River to a British advance on Quebec the following year and effectively ended French naval power in North America. It was one of the major turning points of the French and Indian War.
• 1758 Election of Pope Clement XIII Venetian cardinal Carlo della Torre Rezzonico elected pope Following the death of Benedict XIV, the papal conclave elected Cardinal Carlo della Torre Rezzonico as Pope Clement XIII on 6 July 1758. His pontificate was marked by growing pressure from European monarchies against the Jesuit order. He reigned until his death in 1769.
• 1758 Battle of Carillon Montcalm's heavily outnumbered French repel a British assault at Ticonderoga On 8 July 1758, around 3,600 French troops under the Marquis de Montcalm repelled a British force more than three times their size at Fort Carillon on Lake Champlain. The British commander James Abercrombie ordered repeated frontal assaults against entrenched French positions, suffering heavy casualties. It was among the bloodiest single-day battles fought in North America up to that time.