1658
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s |
Years: | 1655 1656 1657 - 1658 - 1659 1660 1661 |
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Year 1658 (MDCLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1658
[edit] January - June
- 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.
- February 26 - The peace between Sweden and Denmark is concluded in Roskilde by the Treaty of Roskilde, under which Denmark is forced to cede significant territory.
- March 22 - The ship Waeckende Boey is wrecked on the coast of Java; the 4 survivors walk overland to Jepara.
- May 1 - Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus are published by Thomas Browne.
- June - Battle of the Dunes: Spain is defeated by the French and English. England is then given Dunkirk for their assistance in the win.
[edit] July - December
- September 3 - Oliver Cromwell dies and his son Richard assumes his father's former position as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
[edit] Undated
- France joins England in the war against Spain, which began in 1654.
- 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.
- The Dutch in the Cape Colony start to import slaves from India and South-East Asia (later from Madagascar).
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1658 MDCLVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2411 |
Armenian calendar | 1107 ԹՎ ՌՃԷ |
Bahá'í calendar | -186 – -185 |
Berber calendar | 2608 |
Buddhist calendar | 2202 |
Burmese calendar | 1020 |
Byzantine calendar | 7166 – 7167 |
Chinese calendar | 丁酉年十一月廿八日 (4294/4354-11-28) — to —
戊戌年十二月初八日(4295/4355-12-8) |
Coptic calendar | 1374 – 1375 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1650 – 1651 |
Hebrew calendar | 5418 – 5419 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1713 – 1714 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1580 – 1581 |
- Kali Yuga | 4759 – 4760 |
Holocene calendar | 11658 |
Iranian calendar | 1036 – 1037 |
Islamic calendar | 1068 – 1069 |
Japanese calendar | Meireki 4Manji 1 (万治元年) |
Korean calendar | 3991 |
Thai solar calendar | 2201 |
- February 18 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
- March 5 - Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
- April 19 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)
- April 22 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709)
- July 25 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (d. 1703)
- October 5 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)
- October 19 - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)
- unknown - Elizabeth Barry, English actress (d. 1713)
- See also Category:1658 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Theophilus Eaton, Connecticut colonist (b. 1590)
- January 13 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
- April 7 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
- April 19 - Kirsten Munk, second wife of Christian IV of Denmark (b. 1598)
- April 29 - John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)
- September 3 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1599)
- September 22 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
- November 4 - Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
- November 6 - Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (b. 1606)
- November 8 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (b. 1599)
- December 6 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (b. 1601)
- See also Category:1658 deaths.