Historical Events In 1657

Jan 17   Pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized.   

Jan 18   Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau).   

Feb 04   Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal   

Feb 10   Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59   

Feb 11   Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds).   

Feb 11   Bernard Fontenelle, French scientist is born   

Mar 07   King Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France   

Mar 07   Louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians   

Mar 18   Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

Mar 23   France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk   

Mar 26   Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69.   

Mar 31   English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown   

Apr 02   Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48.   

Apr 03   English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown.   

Apr 20   Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet.   

May 05   Jacques Danican Philidor, composer.   

May 07   Louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians.   

May 09   William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies.   

Jun 01   1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY).   

Jun 03   Manuel de Egues, composer.   

Jun 14   Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral.   

Jun 26   Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65.   

Jul 11   Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13).   

Jul 13   Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert.   

Jul 25   Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer.   

Aug 06   Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble   

Aug 07   Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57.   

Aug 10   Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director   

Aug 29   John Lilburne, English dissenter.   

Sep 01   Measles in Thirteen Colonies.   

Sep 13   Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62.   

Sep 19   Brandenburg and Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau.   

Sep 24   1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland.   

Sep 26   Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48   

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Jan 17   Pieter van bloemen: [standaart], flemish painter, baptized   

Jan 18   Hendrik casimir ii: Dutch fieldmarshal (nassau)   

Feb 11   Bernard fontenelle: France, scientist/writer (plurality of worlds)   

Mar 01   Samuel werenfels: Swiss theologian   

Mar 18   Giuseppe ottavio pitoni: Italian composer   

Mar 24   Arai hakuseki: Japanese writer and politician    

May 05   Jacques danican philidor: Composer   

Jun 03   Manuel de egues: Composer   

Feb 10   Sebastian stosskopf: Elzabethian painter,   

Mar 26   Jacob van eyck: Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur,   

Apr 02   Ferdinand iii: King of hungarian/bohemia/german emperor,   

May 09   William bradford: Governor (plymouth colony, mass),   

May 10   Gustaf horn: Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)   

May 16   Andrzej bobola: Polish jesuit missionary (b. 1591)   

Jun 03   William harvey: English physician (b. 1578)   

Jun 26   Tobias michael: Composer,