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| Years: 1654 1655 1656 - 1657 - 1658 1659 1660 | ||||||||||
| Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London.
- February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica.
- April 20 - Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- April 20 - Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
Unknown dates
- Great fire in Edo destroys most of the city and damages Edo castle.
- Accademia del Cimento founded in Florence, Italy - first equivalent to a scientific research center.
- Oliver Cromwell offered kingship of England, but instead becomes Lord Protector.
Births
- February 11 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (d. 1757)
- March 1 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
- March 18 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (d. 1743)
- March 24 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese politician and writer (d. 1725)
- June 10 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (d. 1721)
- July 11 - King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
- September 17 - Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (d. 1704)
- November 26 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
- William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)
Deaths
- March - Edward Hopkins (b. 1600)
- April 2 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
- May 9 - William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
- May 10 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
- May 16 - Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- June 3 - William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
- August 16 - Bohdan Chmielnicki, Polish rebel
- August 17 - Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)
- August 29 - John Lilburne, English dissenter
- September 7 - Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal and statesman (b. 1606)
- Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist (b. 1596)
- Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe, Dutch sea captain (b. 1587)
- Hayashi Razan, Japanese neo-Confucianist scholar (b.1583)
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