1658
*
January 13 -
Edward Sexby, who had plotted against
Oliver Cromwell, dies in the
Tower of London.
*
February 6 - Swedish troops of
Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The
Great Belt (Storebælt) in
Denmark over frozen sea.
*
May 1 - Publication of
Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and
The Garden of Cyrus by
Thomas Browne.
*
September 3 -
Oliver Cromwell dies. His son
Richard assumes his father's former position as
Lord Protector of
England,
Scotland and
Ireland.
* The peace between
Sweden and
Denmark was concluded in
Roskilde with
Treaty of Roskilde.
*
France joins
England in the war against
Spain, which began in
1654. The Spanish were defeated at the
Battle of the Dunes in June. England was then given
Dunkirk for their assistance in the win.
*
Portuguese traders are expelled from
Ceylon by
Dutch invaders.
* After his father
Shah Jahan completes the
Taj Mahal, his son
Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the
Mughal Empire.
*
February 18 -
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (died
1743)
*
March 5 -
Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac, French explorer (died
1730)
*
April 19 -
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (died
1716)
*
April 22 -
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (died
1709)
*
July 25 -
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (died
1703)
*
October 5 -
Mary of Modena, queen of
James II of England (died
1718)
*
October 19 -
Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died
1704)
See also :Category:1658 births.*
January 7 -
Theophilus Eaton, Connecticut colonist (born
1590)
*
January 13 -
Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (born
1616)
*
April 7 -
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (born
1595)
*
April 29 -
John Cleveland, English poet (born
1613)
*
September 3 -
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born
1599)
*
September 22 -
Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (born
1607)
*
November 6 -
Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (born
1606)
*
November 8 -
Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (born
1599)
*
December 6 -
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (born
1601)
See also :Category:1658 deaths.
