1657
*
January 8 -
Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of
Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in
London.
* February -
Admiral Robert Blake defeats the
Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of
Jamaica.
*
April 20 -
Admiral Robert Blake destroys a
Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at
Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
*
April 20 -
Jews of
New Amsterdam (later
New York City) granted
freedom of religion.
* Great fire in
Edo destroys most of the city and damages
Edo castle.
*
Accademia del Cimento founded in
Florence,
Italy - first equivalent to a scientific
research center.
*
Oliver Cromwell offered
kingship of
England, but instead becomes
Lord Protector.
*
England's first chocolate shop is opened.
*
February 11 -
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (died
1757)
*
March 1 -
Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (died
1740)
*
March 18 -
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (died
1743)
*
March 24 -
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese politician and writer (died
1725)
*
June 10 -
James Craggs the Elder, English politician (died
1721)
*
July 11 - King
Frederick I of Prussia (died
1713)
*
September 17 -
Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (died
1704)
*
November 26 -
William Derham, English minister and writer (died
1735)
*
William Wake,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died
1737)
See also :Category:1658 births.*March -
Edward Hopkins (born
1600)
*
April 2 -
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born
1608)
*
May 9 -
William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (born
1590)
*
May 10 -
Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (born
1592)
*
May 16 -
Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (born
1591)
*
June 3 -
William Harvey, English physician (born
1578)
*
August 16 -
Bohdan Chmielnicki, Polish rebel (born c.
1595)
*
August 17 -
Robert Blake, British admiral (born
1599)
*
August 29 -
John Lilburne, English dissenter (born c.
1614)
*
September 7 -
Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal and statesman (born
1606)
*
Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist (born
1596)
*
Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe, Dutch sea captain (born
1587)
*
Hayashi Razan, Japanese neo-Confucianist scholar (born
1583)
See also :Category:1657 deaths.
