What happened in 1656?
67 recorded events in 1656, including 26 in wars & conflicts, 15 in people and 9 in politics & government. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 26
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Battle of Warsaw
1656 battle of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimean Khanate, against Sweden and Brandenburg
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Siege of Riga
1656 siege
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Battle of Valenciennes
1656 battle
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Battle of Prostken
1656 battle
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Battle of Warka
1656 battle
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Battle of Filipów
1656 battle
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Battle of Gołąb
1656 battle
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Battle of Chojnice
1656 battle
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Battle of Kłecko
1656 battle
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Siege of Warsaw
1656 by Swedish forces during Deluge
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Battle of Jarosław
1656 battle
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Battle of Łowicz
1656 battle
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Siege of Dyneburg
1656 siege
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Storm of Kokenhusen
1656 battle
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Siege of Dorpat
1656 siege
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Battle of Radom
1656 battle of the Second Northern War
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Battle of Nisko
1656 battle in the Swedish invasion of Poland
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Battle of Tykocin
1656 battle
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Battle of Lubrze
1656 military engagement of the Deluge in Greater Poland
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Battle of Nöteborg
July 1656 naval battle between Russia and Sweden
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Battle of Sandomierz
1656 battle
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Siege of Nyenschantz
1656 siege
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Battle of Kcynia
1656 battle
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Battle of Kozienice
Battle of Kozienice (Wars & Conflicts).
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Banten–Dutch war
1656–1659 war
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Siege of Zamość
1656 siege
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Politics & Government 9
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treaty of Radnot
1656 treaty to divide the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between the signing parties
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Truce of Vilna
Peace treaty
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Treaty of Königsberg
Treaty
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Treaty of Butre
1656 treaty between the Netherlands and Ahanta
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Treaty of Labiau
1656 treaty between Sweden and Brandenburg
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Treaty of Marienburg
1656 treaty between Sweden and Brandenburg
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Treaty of Vienna
1656 alliance between Austria and Poland–Lithuania
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Treaty of Brussels
1656 treaty between Spain and English Royalists
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Treaty of Elbing
Signed between the Dutch Republic and the Swedish Empire in 1656
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People 15
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Thomas Fincke died
Danish mathematician and physician (1561-1656)
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Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki died
Polish noble and missionary to China
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Krzysztof Arciszewski died
Polish-Lithuanian general
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Francesco Fontana died
Italian lawyer and astronomer
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Jean-Baptiste Morin died
French astronomer
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Edmund Wingate died
English mathematician
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Antoine Le Métel d'Ouville died
French poet
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Raffaello Magiotti died
Italian mathematician and physicist
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Onofrio Antonio Gisolfi died
Italian engineer and architect
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Joseph de La Roche Daillon died
French Catholic missionary
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Michelangelo Rossi died
Italian violinist, keyboardist, and composer
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François de Chancy died
French composer
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Edmond Halley born
Born in Haggerston. English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742).
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François Le Fort born
Born in Geneva. Russian admiral from the Republic of Geneva.
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Guillaume Dubois born
Born in Brive-la-Gaillarde. French cardinal and politician (1656-1723).
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Inaccessible Island
Island in Tristan Da Cunha archipelago
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Nightingale Islands
Islands in Tristan da Cunha archipelago
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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First War of Villmergen
Swiss religious war in 1656
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Jama Masjid, Delhi
Mosque in Delhi, India
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Dolní Kounice Synagogue
Former synagogue, now museum, in the Czech Republic
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Kalachand Temple
Temple in Bishnupur
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Beata Vergine Immacolata della Colorina
Beata Vergine Immacolata della Colorina (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 1
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Stockholms Banco
Bank
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Çınar Incident
17th-century rebellion in the Ottoman Empire
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino
Church in Rome
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San Girolamo della Carità
Church
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St. James' Church, Antwerp
Church building in Antwerp, Belgium
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San Lorenzo in Fonte
Church in Rome
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Church of St. Cajetan
Church in Velha Goa, India
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San Giovanni Battista
Church building in Pesaro, Italy
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Small Church of Madonna del Riposo (Alcamo)
Church building in Alcamo, Italy
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Teatro della Pergola
Theatre in Florence, Italy
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1656 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1656.
1650s 1
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Jacques Alexandre Le Tenneur died
French mathematician
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