1658 in England

Events from the year 1658 in the The Protectorate.

Incumbents

*Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell (to 3 September), Richard Cromwell

Events

* 4 February - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Second 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 - First stage coach services advertised; 4-day trips from London to Exeter, York, and Chester.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 becomes Lord Protector on the death of his father Oliver.

Undated

* Tea first arrives in England, exported from China via Holland.

Ongoing events

* Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660

Births

* 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

* 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

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