Historical Events in 1658

Mar 17 Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered

Jun 3 Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France
Jun 14 Battle of the Dunes: English and French forces defeat the Spanish near Dunkirk during Franco-Spanish War
Jun 23 Dutch troops occupy last Portuguese Fort at Jafnapatnam in Ceylon
Jun 24 French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
Jun 25 Spanish garrison at Dunkirk surrenders to French and English
Jul 31 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
Aug 12 1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam)
Aug 15 France, Sweden, Bavarian, Brunswick, Munster and Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine
Sep 3 Richard Cromwell ("Tumbledown Dick") succeeds his father as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
Nov 8 Battle of the Sound: Swedish fleet prevails over the Dutch fleet during the 2nd Northern War
Dec 9 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India