1658 in science

Astronomy

• approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.

  Life sciences

• Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells with the aid of a microscope.
• Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.

  Mathematics

• Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.

  Births

• March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer
• April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist
• unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician

  Deaths

• October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist