1655 in England
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Events from the year 1655 in the The Protectorate.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell
[edit] Events
- 22 January - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament.[1]
- 11 March–14 March - Penruddock uprising: a Royalist uprising in Wiltshire is quickly defeated.[1]
- 28 April - Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of the bey of Tunis.[1]
- 17 May - William Penn and Robert Venables capture the island of Jamaica from Spain.[2]
- 9 August - The Rule of the Major-Generals, a period of direct military government, begins.[1]
- 24 November - Anglican services prohibited by Cromwell.[1]
- 4 December–18 December - The Whitehall Conference is convened by Cromwell to debate the Resettlement of the Jews in England.[2]
[edit] Ongoing events
- Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660
[edit] Publications
- John Wallis's Arithmetica Infinitorum, first work on differential calculus.[3]
[edit] Births
- 11 January - Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, politician and soldier (died 1701)
- 20 July - Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, statesman (died 1701)
- 12 November - Francis Nicholson, military officer and colonial governor (died 1728)
- 28 December - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (died 1698)
- Andrew Allam, writer (died 1685)
- Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet, politician (died 1696)
- John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, politician (died 1700)
- William Nicolson, antiquary (died 1727)
[edit] Deaths
- 18 March - Father Richard Smith, Bishop (born 1568)
- June - Thomas Mauleverer, Member of Parliament and Regicide of King Charles I (born 1599)
- 26 June - Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, (born 1594)
- George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, (born 1620)
- Stephen Marshall, clergy (born 1594)
- John Penruddock, Cavalier (born 1619)
- Anthony Stapley, Regicide of King Charles I (born 1590)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 266. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b 1655, British Civil Wars. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 185-186. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
