1657
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s – 1650s – 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1654 1655 1656 – 1657 – 1658 1659 1660 |
| 1657 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1657 AD (MDCLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday [1] of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1657
[edit] January–June
- January – The Meireki no Taika (great fire) in Edo, Japan destroys most of the city and damages Edo castle, killing an estimated 100,000 people.
- January 8 – Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London.
- February 4 – Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal.
- February – Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica.
- March 23 – France and England form an alliance against Spain; England receives Dunkirk.
- March 31 – The English Humble Petition and Advice offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown.
- April 3 – English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses the crown, preferring the title "Lord Protector".
- April 20 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- April 20 – The Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) are granted freedom of religion as full citizens.[citation needed]
- June 1 – The first Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam (later New York).
[edit] July–December
- July 13 – Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert.
- August – In New Amsterdam, 11 Quakers arrive and are allowed to practice their religion.
- August 20 – The ship Les Armes d'Amsterdam arrives at Quebec, New France. Among the passengers is Michel Mathieu Brunet dit Lestang (1638–1708), colonist, explorer and co-discoverer of what is today Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is the ancestor of the Brunet, Lestang and Carisse families of North America.
- September 19 – Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Wehlau.
- September 24 – The first autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in the colony of Maryland.
- September – Shah Jahan becomes ill, allowing his son to take control.
- October 1 – Treaty of Raalte: Willem II is no longer viceroy of Overijssel.
- October 3 – French troops occupy Mardyck.
- November 6 – Brandenburg and Poland sign the Unity of Bromberg.
- December 27 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed in New Amsterdam at the site of the future Flushing Town Hall (built 1862) in New York.
[edit] Undated
- The Accademia del Cimento is founded in Florence, Italy (the first equivalent to a scientific research center).
- England's first chocolate shop is opened.
- Katharina von Georgien was published.
- Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658)
- Coffee was introduced to France.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1657 MDCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2410 |
| Armenian calendar | 1106 ԹՎ ՌՃԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -187 – -186 |
| Bengali calendar | 1064 |
| Berber calendar | 2607 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2201 |
| Burmese calendar | 1019 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7165 – 7166 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年十一月十七日 (4293/4353-11-17) — to —
丁酉年十一月廿七日(4294/4354-11-27) |
| Coptic calendar | 1373 – 1374 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1649 – 1650 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5417 – 5418 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1712 – 1713 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1579 – 1580 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4758 – 4759 |
| Holocene calendar | 11657 |
| Iranian calendar | 1035 – 1036 |
| Islamic calendar | 1067 – 1068 |
| Japanese calendar | Meireki 3 (明暦3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3990 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2200 |
- February 11 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (d. 1757)
- March 1 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
- March 18 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (d. 1743)
- March 24 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese politician and writer (d. 1725)
- June 10 – James Craggs the Elder, English politician (d. 1721)
- July 11 – King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
- August 18 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1743)
- September 17 – Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (d. 1704)
- November 26 – William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
- date unknown
- Clopton Havers, English physiologist
- William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)
- See also Category:1657 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March – Edward Hopkins (b. 1600)
- March 7 – Hayashi Razan, Japanese neo-Confucianist scholar (b. 1583)
- April 2 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1608)
- May 9 – William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
- May 10 – Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
- May 16 – Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- June 3 – William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
- August 16 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian Cossack Hetman (b. c. 1595)
- August 17 – Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)
- August 29 – John Lilburne, English dissenter (b. c. 1614)
- September 7 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal and statesman (b. 1606)
- September 13 – Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist (b. 1596)
- date unknown – Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe, Dutch sea captain (b. 1587)
- See also Category:1657 deaths.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Calendar for year 1657 (Russia)" (full Julian calendar), Steffen Thorsen, Time and Date AS, 2007, webpage: Julian1657.
