Notable Historical Events - 1655
1655 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 25 |
Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan (Saturn's largest satellite) |
Apr 4 |
Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates |
Apr 4 |
The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach. |
Apr 7 |
Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII |
Apr 26 |
Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam |
Apr 28 |
English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet |
May 10 |
Jamaica captured by English |
Jun 13 |
Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater |
Jul 27 |
Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery |
Jul 27 |
Netherlands & Brandenburg sign military treaty |
Jul 29 |
Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam |
Jul 30 |
Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram |
Jul 31 |
Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years. |
Aug 9 |
Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divides England into 11 districts |
Aug 28 |
New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service |
Aug 29 |
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge. |
Sep 26 |
Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware |
Oct 9 |
Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow |
Oct 15 |
Jews of Lublin are massacred |
Nov 3 |
England & France sign miltary & economic treaties |
Nov 24 |
English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans |
Dec 4 |
Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue |
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