1655

Years:
1652 1653 1654 - 1655 - 1656 1657 1658
Decades:
1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
1655 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica
March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
March 25 - English Civil War Battle of the Severn: A largely Protestant militia defeats a largely Catholic militia for control of Maryland
April 7 - Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
April - Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.
August 9 - Oliver Cromwell divides England into distrits under major-generals

New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces.
The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected, the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands of a building that was designed as a library.
Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan

See also @ 1655 births.

January 5 - Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
February 25 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
April 6 - David Blondel, French protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
April 30 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
June 27 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
July 15 - Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
July 28 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier and writer (b. 1619)
August 10 - Alonso de la Cueva, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (b. 1572)
September 7 - François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
October 16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)
October 24 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592)

See also @ 1655 deaths.