What happened in 1656?

Battle of Warsaw

Wars & Conflicts · Warsaw

1656 battle of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimean Khanate, against Sweden and Brandenburg

Siege of Riga

Wars & Conflicts · Riga

1656 siege

Battle of Valenciennes

Wars & Conflicts · Valenciennes

1656 battle

Battle of Prostken

Wars & Conflicts · Ełk

1656 battle

Battle of Warka

Wars & Conflicts · Warka

1656 battle

Battle of Filipów

Wars & Conflicts · Filipów

1656 battle

Battle of Gołąb

Wars & Conflicts · Gołąb

1656 battle

Battle of Chojnice

Wars & Conflicts · Chojnice

1656 battle

Battle of Kłecko

Wars & Conflicts · Kłecko

1656 battle

Siege of Warsaw

Wars & Conflicts · Warsaw

1656 by Swedish forces during Deluge

Battle of Jarosław

Wars & Conflicts · Jarosław

1656 battle

Battle of Łowicz

Wars & Conflicts · Łowicz

1656 battle

Siege of Dyneburg

Wars & Conflicts · Daugavpils

1656 siege

Storm of Kokenhusen

Wars & Conflicts · Koknese

1656 battle

Siege of Dorpat

Wars & Conflicts · Tartu

1656 siege

Battle of Radom

Wars & Conflicts · Radom

1656 battle of the Second Northern War

Battle of Nisko

Wars & Conflicts · Nisko

1656 battle in the Swedish invasion of Poland

Battle of Tykocin

Wars & Conflicts · Tykocin

1656 battle

Battle of Lubrze

Wars & Conflicts · Lubrze

1656 military engagement of the Deluge in Greater Poland

Battle of Nöteborg

Wars & Conflicts · Shlisselburg

July 1656 naval battle between Russia and Sweden

Battle of Sandomierz

Wars & Conflicts · Sandomierz

1656 battle

Siege of Nyenschantz

Wars & Conflicts · Nyenschantz

1656 siege

Battle of Kcynia

Wars & Conflicts · Kcynia

1656 battle

Battle of Kozienice

Wars & Conflicts · Kozienice

Banten–Dutch war

Wars & Conflicts · West Java

1656–1659 war

Siege of Zamość

Wars & Conflicts · Zamość

1656 siege

Battle of the Dardanelles

Wars & Conflicts · Dardanelles

1656 naval battle

Battle of Cádiz

Wars & Conflicts · Bay of Cádiz

1656 naval battle

Raigad Fort

Wars & Conflicts

hill fort in Maharashtra, India

Raid on Málaga

Wars & Conflicts · Málaga

1656 conflict

treaty of Radnot

Politics & Government

1656 treaty to divide the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between the signing parties

Truce of Vilna

Politics & Government · Vilnius

Peace treaty

Treaty of Königsberg

Politics & Government · Königsberg

Treaty

Treaty of Butre

Politics & Government · Butre

1656 treaty between the Netherlands and Ahanta

Treaty of Labiau

Politics & Government · Polessk

1656 treaty between Sweden and Brandenburg

Treaty of Marienburg

Politics & Government · Malbork Castle

1656 treaty between Sweden and Brandenburg

Treaty of Vienna

Politics & Government · Vienna

1656 alliance between Austria and Poland–Lithuania

Treaty of Brussels

Politics & Government · Brussels

1656 treaty between Spain and English Royalists

Treaty of Elbing

Politics & Government · Elbląg

Signed between the Dutch Republic and the Swedish Empire in 1656

Thomas Fincke died

People · Copenhagen

Danish mathematician and physician (1561-1656)

Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki died

People · Zhaoqing

Polish noble and missionary to China

Krzysztof Arciszewski died

People · Gdańsk

Polish-Lithuanian general

Francesco Fontana died

People · Naples

Italian lawyer and astronomer

Jean-Baptiste Morin died

People · Paris

French astronomer

Edmund Wingate died

People · Gray's Inn Road

English mathematician

Antoine Le Métel d'Ouville died

People · Paris

French poet

Raffaello Magiotti died

People · Rome

Italian mathematician and physicist

Onofrio Antonio Gisolfi died

People · Naples

Italian engineer and architect

Joseph de La Roche Daillon died

People · Paris

French Catholic missionary

Michelangelo Rossi died

People · Rome

Italian violinist, keyboardist, and composer

François de Chancy died

People · Paris

French composer

Edmond Halley born

People · Haggerston

Born in Haggerston. English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742).

François Le Fort born

People · Geneva

Born in Geneva. Russian admiral from the Republic of Geneva.

Guillaume Dubois born

People · Brive-la-Gaillarde

Born in Brive-la-Gaillarde. French cardinal and politician (1656-1723).

John IV of Portugal died

People · Ribeira Palace

Died in Ribeira Palace. King of Portugal, 1640-1656 (1604-1656).

Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Queen consort of Sweden (1656–1693).

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony died

People · Dresden

Died in Dresden. Elector of Saxony.

Inaccessible Island

Exploration & Discovery · Atlantic Ocean

Island in Tristan Da Cunha archipelago

Nightingale Islands

Exploration & Discovery

Islands in Tristan da Cunha archipelago

First War of Villmergen

Religion & Belief Systems · Villmergen

Swiss religious war in 1656

Jama Masjid, Delhi

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Delhi, India

Dolní Kounice Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Former synagogue, now museum, in the Czech Republic

Kalachand Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Bishnupur

Beata Vergine Immacolata della Colorina

Religion & Belief Systems

Wat Arun

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thailand

Church of the Twelve Apostles

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Moscow, Russia

New Jerusalem Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Moscow Oblast, Russia

Dax Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral located in Landes, in France

St. George's Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Drohobych, Ukraine

Couvent des Petits Pères

Religion & Belief Systems

Convent located in Paris, in France

Convento de las Clarisas de Santa Cruz

Religion & Belief Systems · Q5738196

Cultural property in Santander, Spain

Chapel of Saint Odile

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Czech Republic

Daishō-in Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Haji, Japan

Stockholms Banco

Economy & Trade · Stockholm

Bank

Çınar Incident

Social Movements & Revolutions · Constantinople

17th-century rebellion in the Ottoman Empire

Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino

Architecture & Engineering · Campitelli

Church in Rome

San Girolamo della Carità

Architecture & Engineering

Church

St. James' Church, Antwerp

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Antwerp, Belgium

San Lorenzo in Fonte

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome

Church of St. Cajetan

Architecture & Engineering · Old Goa

Church in Velha Goa, India

San Giovanni Battista

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Pesaro, Italy

Small Church of Madonna del Riposo (Alcamo)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alcamo, Italy

Fort Batenstein

Architecture & Engineering · Butre

Dutch fort and trading post on the Gold Coast

Madonna del Ponte chiuso

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Roveredo, Switzerland

Onezhsky Krestny Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery in Onezhsky District, Russia

Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa

Architecture & Engineering

church in Arequipa, province of Arequipa, Peru

Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel in Ponta do Sol, Madeira

Kōetsu-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect dedicated to Lotus Mandala in Kita-ku, Japan

Teatro della Pergola

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Florence, Italy

Saxe-Weissenfels founded

Empires & Countries · Weißenfels

Saxe-Weissenfels was founded, with its capital at Weißenfels.