8th March » Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III of Denmark or Frederick III, the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
3rd June » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval Apostolic vicariate e.g vicar apostolic in New France.
25th June » Spanish Empire Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo (1658) Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) Anglo-Spanish War.
31st July » Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal Empire named Moghul emperor of India.
3rd September » Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
29th October » Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
Famous Birthdays in 1658
18th February » Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French philosopher and author (d. 1743)
5th March » Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
19th April » Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (d. 1716)
22nd April » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)
25th July » Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (d. 1703)