Year (''' MDCLVIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Friday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- January 7 - Theophilus Eaton , Connecticut colonist (born 1590 )
- January 13 - Edward Sexby , English Puritan soldier (born 1616 )
- April 7 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg , Spanish mystic (born 1595 )
- April 29 - John Cleveland , English poet (born 1613 )
- September 3 - Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1599 )
- September 22 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer , German poet (born 1607 )
- November 6 - Pierre Du Ryer , French dramatist (born 1606 )
- November 8 - Witte Corneliszoon De With , Dutch naval officer (born 1599 )
- December 6 - Baltasar Gracián Y Morales , Spanish writer (born 1601 )
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