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April–June. April 1 – John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland, crowns the Black Madonna of Częstochowa as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów, after the miraculous saving of the Jasna Góra Monastery during the Deluge, an event which changed the course of the Second Northern War.
Edmond (or Edmund) Halley FRS (/ ˈ h æ l i /; 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.
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Myles Standish ( c. 1584 – 1656) was an English military officer who was selected to defend the Pilgrims in the New World [1] [2] He travelled on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact. [3] Standish became a assistant governor, and a treasurer of Plymouth Colony .
- October 3, 1656 (aged 72), Duxbury, Massachusetts
First Northern War. Key People: Charles X Gustav. John II Casimir Vasa. Battle of Warsaw, (28–30 July 1656). Sweden had invaded Poland-Lithuania in 1655, starting the First Northern War that would last until 1660. The Swedish advance was swift.
The year 1656 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy [ edit ] Christiaan Huygens discovers that Saturn's planetary rings consist of rocks.
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