Editing 1658 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Edward Sexby]], who had plotted against [[Oliver Cromwell]], dies in the [[Tower of London]].<ref>{{cite web |title=killing |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100036693?rskey=WOPNMi&result=5 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=14 December 2021 |language=en }}</ref>
* [[January 30]] &ndash; The "[[March Across the Belts]]" (''Tåget över Bält''), Sweden's use of winter weather to send troops across the waters of the [[Danish straits]] at a time when winter has turned them to ice, begins. Within 17 days, Sweden's King Karl X Gustav leads troops across the ice belts to capture six of Denmark's islands as Swedish territory.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; Prince Muhi al-Din Muhammad, one of the sons of India's Mughal, Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], proclaims himself Emperor after Jahan names Muhi's older brother, [[Dara Shikoh]], as regent, and departs from [[Aurangabad]] with troops.
* [[February 6]] &ndash; Swedish troops of [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden]] [[March Across the Belts|cross The Great Belt]] in Denmark, over frozen sea.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brems|first1=Hans|title=Sweden: From Great Power to Welfare State|journal=Journal of Economic Issues|date=June 1970|volume=4|issue=2, 3|pages=1–16|jstor=4224039|publisher=Association for Evolutionary Economics|doi=10.1080/00213624.1970.11502941|quote=A swift and brilliantly conceived march from Holstein across the frozen Danish waters on Copenhagen, by Karl X Gustav in 1658, finally wrests Bohuslin, Sk'ane, and Blekinge from [[Denmark-Norway]]. Denmark no longer controls both sides of Oresund, and Swedish power is at its peak.}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] (February 26 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The peace between [[Sweden]] and Denmark-Norway is concluded in [[Roskilde]] by the [[Treaty of Roskilde]], under which Denmark is forced to cede significant territory. This leads to Sweden reaching its territorial height during its time as a [[Swedish Empire|great power]].