Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1656. This year saw 19 significant events.
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", and still in print, begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands
English Poet and author of epic "Paradise Lost" John Milton (47) marries 2nd wife Katherine Woodcock
Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, laden with gold and jewellery bound for Spain, sinks off the coast of the Bahamas, only 45 of 650 people survive (most eaten by sharks) [1]
Frederick William I of Brandenburg and King Charles X Gustav of Sweden sign the Treaty of Königsberg
First Jewish doctor in North American colonies, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam
Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo, Ceylon
Dutch ship Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) laden with eight chests of silver, wrecks on the western coast of Australia with the loss of 118 lives [1]
Siege of Warsaw: Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw from Swedish occupiers
The first Quakers to land in Boston, Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 weeks of imprisonment, they are deported back to Barbados.
Battle of Warsaw: Swedish King Charles X Gustav defeats Polish-Lithuanian King Jan II Casimir and reoccupies Warsaw
The Treaty of Brussels was an agreement between representatives of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II, the leader of the exiled royalists of England, Ireland, and Scotland. It was signed in Brussels,...
Treaty of Labiau: Sweden cedes Brandenburg to Prussia
All-female jury hears the case of Judith Catchpole, accused of killing her child, and acquits her in Patuxent County, Maryland
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.
Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III signs an alliance with King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland against Sweden
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M. Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", and still in print, begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands
English Poet and author of epic "Paradise Lost" John Milton (47) marries 2nd wife Katherine Woodcock
Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, laden with gold and jewellery bound for Spain, sinks off the coast of the Bahamas, only 45 of 650 people survive (most eaten by sharks) [1]
Frederick William I of Brandenburg and King Charles X Gustav of Sweden sign the Treaty of Königsberg
First Jewish doctor in North American colonies, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam
Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo, Ceylon
Dutch ship Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) laden with eight chests of silver, wrecks on the western coast of Australia with the loss of 118 lives [1]
Siege of Warsaw: Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw from Swedish occupiers
The first Quakers to land in Boston, Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 weeks of imprisonment, they are deported back to Barbados.
Battle of Warsaw: Swedish King Charles X Gustav defeats Polish-Lithuanian King Jan II Casimir and reoccupies Warsaw
The Treaty of Brussels was an agreement between representatives of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II, the leader of the exiled royalists of England, Ireland, and Scotland. It was signed in Brussels,...
Treaty of Labiau: Sweden cedes Brandenburg to Prussia
All-female jury hears the case of Judith Catchpole, accused of killing her child, and acquits her in Patuxent County, Maryland
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.
Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III signs an alliance with King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland against Sweden
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M. Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales