Search results
1655 ( MDCLV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1655th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 655th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 17th century, and the 6th year of the 1650s decade.
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] 28 April – Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of the bey of Tunis. [1]
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
1655 in science. The year 1655 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy. March 25 – Titan, Saturn 's largest moon, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. Biology. Botanical garden established at Uppsala University.
Wikipedia is a free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteer contributors, known as Wikipedians, through a model of open collaboration. It is the largest and most-read reference work in history. [10] Wikipedia originally developed from another encyclopedia project called Nupedia.
Community portal – The central hub for editors, with resources, links, tasks, and announcements. Village pump – Forum for discussions about Wikipedia itself, including policies and technical issues. Site news – Sources of news about Wikipedia and the broader Wikimedia movement.
