Notable Historical Events - 1658
1658 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 8 |
Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark |
Mar 17 |
Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered |
May 24 |
Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought |
Jun 3 |
Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. |
Jun 14 |
Battle at Dunes: English & French fleet beat Spanish |
Jun 23 |
Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort at Jafnapatnam in Ceylon |
Jun 24 |
French fleet recaptures Duinkerk |
Jun 25 |
Spanish garrison at Dunkirk surrenders to French & British |
Jul 31 |
Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor |
Aug 12 |
1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam) |
Aug 15 |
France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine |
Aug 24 |
Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish |
Sep 3 |
Richard Cromwell ("Tumbledown Dick") succeeds his father as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth |
Nov 8 |
Battle of the Sound: Swedish fleet beats Dutch during 2nd Northern War |
Dec 9 |
Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India |
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