1656
Years:
1653 1654 1655 - 1656 - 1657 1658 1659Decades:
1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1656 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
- Jews are readmitted to England by Oliver Cromwell.
- The Stockholm Banco, the first bank to issue banknotes, is founded.
- The only Fifty Shilling British coin is minted.
- Adams' Grammar School in Shropshire, England is founded by William Adams.
- April 1: King Jan Kazimierz crowns Our Lady of Częstochowa (the Black Madonna) as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów after the miraculous saving of the monastery of Jasna Góra during The Deluge, an event which actually changed the course of the war.
- December - The Pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens.
Ongoing Events
Births
- May 31 - Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (d. 1728)
- June 5 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (d. 1708)
- August 6 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
- September 6 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723)
- September 14 - Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (d. 1746)
- October 20 - Nicolas de Largilličre, French painter (d. 1746)
- October 29 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (d. 1742)
- Patrick Abercromby, Scottish physician and antiquarian
See also @ 1656 births.
Deaths
- January 3 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
- March 21 - James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (b. 1581)
- April 24 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- April 27 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (b. 1596)
- June 9 - Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (b. 1572)
- July 2 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
- August 11 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
- September 8 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
- October 3 - Myles Standish, Mayflower colonist
- October 8 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
- November 6 - King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
- Stephen Bachiler, English clergyman
See also @ 1656 deaths.