What is 1658?
{{Year nav|1658}} {{Year in various calendars|1658}} {{Year article header|1658}} == Events == * [[January 13]] – [[Edward Sexby]], who had plotted against [[Oliver Cromwell]], dies in [[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 Cromwell|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 (1658)|Battle of the Dunes]] in June. England was then given [[Dunkirk, France|Dunkirk]] for their assistance in the win. * [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traders are expelled from [[Ceylon]] by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] invaders. * After his father [[Shah Jahan]] completes the [[Taj Mahal]], his son [[Aurangzeb]] deposes him as ruler of the [[Mughal Empire]]. [[Category:1658| ]]