Notable Historical Events - 1656
1656 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 8 |
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) |
Jan 17 |
Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg |
Jan 23 |
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. |
Jan 24 |
1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland |
Feb 22 |
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site |
Mar 13 |
Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam |
Apr 10 |
Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon |
Jun 20 |
Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw |
Jul 1 |
1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) |
Jul 18 |
-20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw |
Jul 26 |
Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn declares he is insolvent |
Sep 15 |
England & France sign peace treaty |
Sep 19 |
Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg |
Sep 22 |
All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) |
Oct 2 |
British north American colony of Connecticut passes law against Quakers |
Oct 24 |
Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant |
Nov 3 |
Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS] |
Dec 1 |
Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden |
Dec 14 |
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales |
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