1657 Events January–June January 8 - Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell , by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested. February 4 - Oliver Cromwell gives Antonio Fernandez Carvajal the assurance of the right of Jews to remain in England. February 23 - In England, the Humble Petition and Advice offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown. March 2 - The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo , Japan, destroys most of the city and damages Edo Castle , killing an estimated 100,000 people. March 23 - Anglo-Spanish War : By the Treaty of Paris , France and England form an alliance against Spain; England will receive Dunkirk . April 20 *Anglo-Spanish War - Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: English Admiral Robert Blake attempts to seize a Spanish treasure fleet . * The Jews of New Amsterdam are granted freedom of religion , as full citizens. May 8 - Lord Protector Cromwell confirms his refusal of the crown of England, preferring the title "Lord Protector". June 1 * King Frederick III of Denmark signs a manifesto, de facto declaring war on Sweden . * The first eleven Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam, and are allowed to practice their faith.July–December July 13 - Following his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to Oliver Cromwell, English army leader John Lambert is ordered to resign his commissions. August 20 - The ship Les Armes d'Amsterdam arrives at Quebec , New France . Among the passengers is Michel Mathieu Brunet dit Lestang, colonist, explorer and co-discoverer of what is today Green Bay, Wisconsin . He is the ancestor of the Brunet, Lestang and Carisse families of North America. September - Shah Jahan becomes ill, allowing his son to take control of the Mughal Empire . September 19 - Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Wehlau . September 24 - The first autopsy and coroner's jury verdict are recorded, in the Colony of Maryland . October 1 - Treaty of Raalte: William III, Prince of Orange is no longer stadtholder of Overijssel . October 3 - French troops occupy Mardyck . November 6 - Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Bromberg . November 10 - Christina, former Queen of Sweden , has Gian Rinaldo Monaldeschi killed in her presence, at the Palace of Fontainebleau . December 27 - The Flushing Remonstrance is signed in New Amsterdam, at the site of the future Flushing Town Hall in New York.Date unknown The Accademia del Cimento is founded in Florence , Italy. England's first chocolate house is opened in London. Coffee is introduced to France. Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory , De ratiociniis in ludo aleae . Andreas Gryphius' drama, Katharina von Georgien , is published. Thomas Middleton's tragedy, Women Beware Women , is published posthumously. Births January 1 - Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth , illegitimate son of King Charles II January 4 - Sébastien Rale , French missionary January 6 - William Bowes , English politician January 11 - Elizabeth van der Woude , Dutch writer January 17 - Pieter van Bloemen , Flemish painter January 18 - Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz , Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen January 21 - Francesco Cupani , Italian naturalist January 26 - William Wake , Archbishop of Canterbury January 29 - Francis Moore, British physician and astrologer February 10 - George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter , British Army general February 11 - Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle , French scientist and man of letters February 21 - Blaise Gisbert , French Jesuit rhetorician and critic February 24 - Clopton Havers , English physician February 25 - Agathe de Saint-Père , French-Canadian business entrepreneur and inventor March 1 - Samuel Werenfels , Swiss theologian March 6 - Auguste Magdalene of Hessen-Darmstadt , German noblewoman and poet March 18 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni , Italian composer March 19 - Jean Leclerc, Swiss theologian and biblical scholar March 20 - Luigi Omodei, Italian Catholic cardinal March 24 - Arai Hakuseki , Japanese politician and writer April 16 - Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord Fairfax of Cameron , English politician April 16 - Otto Friedrich von der Groeben , Prussian traveller, soldier and author May 8 - Martino Altomonte , Italian painter May 14 - Sambhaji , Maratha ruler May 25 - Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy , French Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal June 10 - James Craggs the Elder , English politician June 14 - Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , English politician June 17 - Louis Ellies Dupin , French ecclesiastical historian July 8 - Abraham de Peyster , New Amsterdam/New York politician July 11 - King Frederick I of Prussia July 12 - Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg July 14 - William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven , English politician July 18 - Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby , English politician July 24 - Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen , Dutch classical scholar July 24 - Jean Mathieu de Chazelles , French hydrographer July 25 - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach , German composer August 7 - Henri Basnage de Beauval , French historian, lexicographer August 9 - Pierre-Étienne Monnot , French artist August 18 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena , Italian architect and painter August 18 - Antonio Margil , Spanish Franciscan missionary in North and Central America September 14 - Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet , English politician September 17 - Pieter Schuyler , British colonial military leader, acting governor of New York September 17 - Dudley Cullum , English politician and Baronet September 21 - Sultan Muhammad Akbar , Mughal prince September 27 - Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia , Russian regent September 29 - Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby , German prince October 2 - Guillaume Baudry , gunsmith and gold and silversmith in Lower Canada October 4 - Francesco Solimena , Italian painter October 8 - Wigerus Vitringa , Dutch painter October 26 - Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt , German nobleman November 6 - Joseph Denis , Canadian Rėcollet priest November 12 - Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg November 16 - Juliane Louise of East Frisia , Princess of East Frisia November 26 - Michael Bernhard Valentini , German naturalist November 26 - William Derham , English minister and writer November 28 - Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias , heir apparent to the Spanish throne December 2 - Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch December 8 - Changning , prince during the Qing Dynasty December 14 - Edmund Dunch, English politician December 15 - Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons , Count of Soissons and Prince of Savoy December 15 - Michel Richard Delalande , French composer December 23 - Josiah Franklin , English-born American businessman, father of Benjamin Franklin December 23 - Hannah Duston , Massachusetts Puritan mother of 8, taken captive during King William's War December 28 - Domenico Rossi , Swiss-Italian architect date unknown * William Wake, Archbishop of CanterburyDeaths January 24 - Claude, Duke of Chevreuse February 2 - Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine , French noble February 7 - Cesare Dandini , Italian painter February 8 - Laura Mancini , French court beauty February 10 - Sebastian Stoskopff , French painter February 19 - Jean Riolan the Younger , French anatomist March - Edward Hopkins , colonial Connecticut politician March 7 - Hayashi Razan , Japanese neo-Confucianist scholar March 10 - Barthold Nihus , Roman Catholic priest April 2 * Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor * Jean-Jacques Olier , French Catholic priest April 29 - Sophie Elisabeth Pentz , daughter of Christian IV of Denmark May 7 - Nabeshima Katsushige , Japanese daimyō May 9 - William Bradford , Governor of Plymouth Colony May 10 - Gustav Horn, Count of Pori , Swedish soldier and politician May 16 - Andrzej Bobola , Polish Jesuit missionary June 3 - William Harvey , English physician June 26 - Tobias Michael , German composer and cantor July 17 - Eleonore Marie of Anhalt-Bernburg , Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Güstrow August 6 - Bohdan Khmelnytsky , Ukrainian Cossack Hetman August 14 - Giovanni Paolo Lascaris , Italian 57th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller August 19 - Frans Snyders , Flemish painter August 7 - Robert Blake , British admiral August 29 - John Lilburne , English dissenter September 1 - Arnold Vinnius , Dutch lawyer September 7 - Arvid Wittenberg , Swedish field marshal and statesman September 13 - Jacob van Campen , Dutch artist September 23 - Joachim Jungius , German mathematician and philosopher September 27 - Olimpia Maidalchini , politically active Roman noble October 4 - Prince Maurice of Savoy , Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy October 23 - Domenico Massenzio , Italian baroque composer November 5 - Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf , French noble November 10 - Anders Bille , Danish general November 18 - Luke Wadding , Irish Franciscan friar and historian November 20 - Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet , English politician December 5 - Johan Oxenstierna , Swedish count and statesman December 24 - Philippe Le Sueur de Petiville , French poet date unknown * Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe , Dutch sea captain * Richard Lovelace , English poet
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