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January 5 – Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan. January 7 – Pope Innocent X, leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papal States, dies after more than 10 years of rule. February 14 – The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile, beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655. [1]
The Invasion of Jamaica took place in May 1655, during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to acquire new colonies in the Americas, known as the Western Design.
- 19–27 May 1655
- Jamaica occupied by England, ceded by Spain in 1670
- English victory
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1655 in England. Events from the year 1655 in England . Incumbents. Lord Protector – Oliver Cromwell. Events. 22 January – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament. [1] 11–14 March – Penruddock uprising: a Royalist uprising beginning in Wiltshire is defeated by a skirmish in South Molton. [1]
Events. March 25 – Saturn 's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. April 7 – Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII. April – Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis. May 7 Pope Alexander VII is chosen to be pope. May 10 – English troops land on Jamaica.
The siege of Santo Domingo was fought between April 23, 1655 and April 30, 1655, at the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo. A force of 2,400 Spanish troops led by Governor Don Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba successfully resisted a force of 13,120 soldiers led by General Robert Venables and 34 ships under Admiral Sir William ...
- April 23–30, 1655
- Spanish victory, English forces fail to capture Hispaniola
May 2, 2019 · In January 1655, the massacre known as the “Piedmont Easter” or the “Bloody Spring” took place. Under the forces of the Duke of Savoy, hundreds of unarmed Waldensians were cruelly tortured and killed. In 1685, King Louis XIV rescinded the Edict of Nantes which had provided a brief time of religious protection for the Waldensians.
1655 in literature. This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1655 . Events. February 24 – The English playwright Thomas Porter abducts his future bride Anne Blount. [1]
