Search results
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]
As of the start of 1655, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Events. March 25 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. April 7 – Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
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]
Pierre Gassendi (French: [pjɛʁ gasɛ̃di]; also Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi, Petrus Gassendus; 22 January 1592 – 24 October 1655) was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician.
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 . Although major settlements like Santiago de la Vega, now Spanish Town ...
- 19–27 May 1655
- Jamaica occupied by England, ceded by Spain in 1670
- English victory
Siege. Around Christmas time of 1654 a counter-offensive of the Lithuanian army headed by Janusz Radziwiłł and Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski, started. On February 2, 1655, part of their forces approached Mogilev and part of its dwellers greeted them, however the Lithuanian forces were fended off. Pokłoński allegedly promised Radziwiłł to ...
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.
