1655
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1652 1653 1654 - 1655 - 1656 1657 1658 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1655 MDCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2408 |
| Armenian calendar | 1104 ԹՎ ՌՃԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 4291/4351-11-24 (甲午年十一月廿四日) — to —
4292/4352-12-4(乙未年十二月初四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1647 – 1648 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5415 – 5416 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1710 – 1711 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1577 – 1578 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4756 – 4757 |
| Iranian calendar | 1033 – 1034 |
| Islamic calendar | 1065 – 1066 |
| Japanese calendar | Meireki 1 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2198 |
1655 (MDCLV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
- April 7 - Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, succeeds Pope Innocent X as the 235th pope.
- April - Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.
- May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica
- July 31 - Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Wilno, which it would hold for six years.
- August 9 - Oliver Cromwell divides England into districts 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
[edit] Births
- January 1 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
- May 4 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
- May 13 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
- November 24 - King Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
- December 28 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
- Zumbi, runaway slave in Brazil (d. 1695)
See also Category:1655 births.
[edit] Deaths
- 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 - Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, 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 Category:1655 deaths.
