1658 in England
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Events from the year 1658 in England.
Incumbents
- Lord Protector – Oliver Cromwell (until 3 September), Richard Cromwell (starting 3 September)
- Parliament – Second Protectorate (until 4 February)
Events
- 4 February – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Second Protectorate Parliament.[1]
- April – first stage coach services advertised; 4-day trips from London to Exeter, York, and Chester.[2]
- 14 June – Anglo-Spanish War: A French and English army defeats the Spanish the Battle of the Dunes.[1]
- 30 August – hurricane storms in southern England; the worst for centuries.[2]
- 3 September – Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector on the death of his father Oliver.[1]
- October – first domestic pendulum clocks advertised for sale in England, by Ahasuerus Fromanteel of London.
Undated
Ongoing events
- Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660
Publications
Births
- 5 May (bapt.) – Thomas Bray, clergyman (died 1730)
- 16 August – Ralph Thoresby, historian (died 1724)
- 16 September – John Dennis, dramatist and critic (died 1734)
- 5 October – Mary of Modena, queen of King James II (died 1718)
- 10 December – Lancelot Blackburne, clergyman (died 1743)
- approximate date
- Elizabeth Barry, actress (died 1713)
- Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1748)
- Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, military leader (died 1735)
Deaths
- 7 January – Theophilus Eaton, colonial leader (born 1590)
- 13 January – Edward Sexby, Puritan soldier (born 1616)
- 19 April – Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Admiral (born 1587)
- 29 April – John Cleveland, poet (born 1613)
- 2 August (bur.) – Humphrey Edwards, regicide of Charles I (born 1582)
- 10 August – George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley, noble (born 1601)
- 3 September – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (born 1599)
- Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet, Royalist (born c. 1570)
- Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet, Royalist exile (born 1600)
- Robert Walker, portrait painter (born 1599)
References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 268. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.