The Dutch Republic is successful at breaking the Swedish Navy's blockade of Copenhagen, and Sweden is forced to retreat, bringing an end to the attempted conquest of Denmark. November 23 – The elaborate funeral of the late Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell (who had died on September 3 and was buried at Westminster Abbey two weeks later) is carried out in London. A little more than two years later (in January 1661), Cromwell's body will be disinterred and the head severed and placed on a spike. December 11 – Abaza Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor who is attempting to depose the Grand Vizier, wins a battle at the Turkish city of Ilgin, defeating loyalist forces led by Murtaza Pasha. The victory is the last for the rebels. Two months later (February 16, 1659) Abaza Hasan is assassinated after being invited to peace negotiations by the loyalists. December 20 – Representatives of the Russian Empire and the Swedish Empire sign the Treaty of Valiesar at the Valiesar Estate near Narva, now part of Estonia. In return for ceasing hostilities between the two empires in the Second Northern War, Russia is allowed to keep captured territories in Livonia (now part of Latvia) for a term of three years. December 25 – Polish and Danish forces defeat a Swedish Army in the Battle of Kolding in Denmark. December 30 – The Siege of Toruń ends almost six months after it started, with Poland recapturing the city from Sweden. Date unknown Portuguese traders are expelled from Ceylon by Dutch invaders. The Dutch in the Cape Colony start to import slaves from India and South-East Asia (later from Madagascar). Births January 9 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (d. 1733) January 17 – Samson Wertheimer, European rabbi (d. 1724) January 17 – Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset (d. 1678) February 18 – Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) March 5 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730) March 8 – Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, British Baron (d. 1730) March 23 – Jean-Baptiste Santerre, French painter (d. 1717) March 30 – Muro Kyūsō, Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar (d. 1734) April 11 – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (d. 1712) April 19 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German noble (d. 1716) April 22 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violist, violinist, pedagogue and composer (d. 1709) May 30 – Sir Henry