Page 2: Historical Events In 1655

Aug 29   Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw   

Sep 03   Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56.   

Sep 07   Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown)   

Sep 12   Sebastien de Brossard, composer.   

Sep 19   Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer   

Sep 26   Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware   

Oct 09   Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow   

Oct 15   Jews of Lublin are massacred   

Oct 24   Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63.   

Nov 03   England and France sign miltary and economic treaties.   

Nov 24   Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)   

Nov 24   English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans   

Dec 04   Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue.   

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Jan 01   Christian thomasius: German jurist    

Jan 06   Eleonore-magdalena of neuburg: Holy roman empire empress   

Jan 06   Jakob bernoulli: Swiss mathematician    

Jan 14   Angelo predieri: Composer   

Jan 22   Geleyn evertsen: Lt-admiral (zealand)   

Feb 03   Francois fagel: Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

Feb 07   Jean-francois regnard: French comedy writer (slave in algeria)   

Apr 08   Louis willem i: Margrave (baden-baden)   

Jan 07   Innocentius x: [giambattista pamfili], pope (1644-55),    

Feb 25   Daniel heinsius: Flemish scholar (b. 1580)   

Mar 29   Valerius andreas: Flemish historian,   

Apr 06   David blondel: French protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

Apr 14   Johann erasmus kindermann: Composer,    

Apr 30   Eustache le sueur: French painter (b. 1617)   

Jun 30   Jacob boonen: South netherlands clergyman/lawyer,   

Jul 15   Girolamo rainaldi: Italian architect (b. 1570)