- 1658 in England
Events from the year
1658 in theThe Protectorate .Incumbents
*Lord Protector -
Oliver Cromwell (to3 September ),Richard Cromwell Events
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4 February -Oliver Cromwell dissolves theSecond Protectorate Parliament .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=268]
* April - Firststage coach services advertised; 4-day trips fromLondon toExeter ,York , andChester .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 187-188|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*14 June - Anglo-Spanish War: A French and English army defeats the Spanish the Battle of the Dunes.
*30 August -Hurricane storms in southern England; the worst for centuries.
*3 September -Richard Cromwell becomesLord Protector on the death of his father Oliver.Undated
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Tea first arrives in England, exported fromChina viaHolland .Ongoing events
* Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660
Births
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16 August -Ralph Thoresby , historian (died 1724)
*5 October -Mary of Modena , queen of King James II (died 1718)
*10 December -Lancelot Blackburne , clergy (died 1743)
*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
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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)
*10 August -George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley , noble (died 1601)
*3 September -Oliver Cromwell ,Lord Protector (born 1599)
*Humphrey Edwards , regicide of Charles I (born 1582)
*Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet , Royalist (born c.1570)
*Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet , Royalist (born 1600)
* Robert Walker, painter (born 1599)References
ee also
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