1657
Events 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 Great fire in Edo destroys most of the city and damages Edo castle Academia del Cimento founded in Florence, Italy - first equivalent to a scientific research center Oliver Cromwell offered kingship of England, but instead becomes Lord Protector
BirthsFebruary 11 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters. March 24 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writerJuly 11 - King Frederick I of PrussiaWilliam Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)
DeathsApril 2 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman EmperorAugust 16 - Bohdan ChmielnickiAugust 17 - death of Admiral Robert Blake from old woundsJacob van Campen
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