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In 1655, Huygens began grinding lenses with his brother Constantijn to build refracting telescopes. He discovered Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, and was the first to explain Saturn's strange appearance as due to "a thin, flat ring, nowhere touching, and inclined to the ecliptic." [10]
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]
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Isaac Allerton Sr. (c. 1586 – 1658/9), and his family, were passengers in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship Mayflower. Allerton was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth Colony he was active in colony governmental affairs and business and later in trans-Atlantic trading. Problems with the latter regarding colony expenditures ...
Sack of Wexford. First Siege of Waterford. Dunbar. Worcester. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
Apr 16, 2024 · Edward Winslow (born Oct. 18, 1595, Droitwich, Worcestershire, Eng.—died May 8, 1655, at sea, near Jamaica, British West Indies) was an English founder of the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 14, 2023 · Edward Doty - The firstborn son and eldest child of Edward. He would have eleven children, with many of his daughters having children. His son Benjamin would have the most Doty children to carry on his line. John Doty (1640 - 1701) - He married twice and had many children. He was appointed Constable in 1680 for Plymouth.
Jacob Bernoulli was born on 6 January 1655 in Basel into the famed Bernoulli family, originally from Antwerp. Over the course of three generations, it produced eight highly acclaimed mathematicians who contributed significantly to the foundation of applied mathematics and physics.
