1658 in science

The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

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

Life sciences

• Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.^[1][2]
• Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.

Mathematics

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

Publication

• Posthumous publication of Arzneibüchlein, pharmacopoeia compiled by Anna von Diesbach.^[3]

Births

• March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
• April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)^[4]
• April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)^[5]
• unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)

Deaths

• January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
• October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)