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Historical Events for the Year 1657

  • 2nd March » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
  • 20th April » Admiral Robert Blake (admiral) called Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657) or Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • 20th April » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
  • 30th October » Spanish Empire Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios (1657) Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) Anglo-Spanish War.
  • 27th December » The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.

Famous Birthdays in 1657

  • 11th February » Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (d. 1757)
  • 1st March » Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
  • 18th March » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)
  • 24th March » Arai Hakuseki, Japanese politician (d. 1725)
  • 14th May » Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
  • 10th June » James Craggs the Elder, English politician (d. 1721)
  • 11th July » Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
  • 25th July » Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (d. 1714)
  • 18th August » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)
  • 27th September » Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704)
  • 4th October » Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
  • 26th November » William Derham, English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
  • 15th December » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (d. 1726)

Famous Deaths in History for 1657

  • 13th February » Miles Sindercombe, English surgeon
  • 15th March » David Pardo (Dutch rabbi) e.g David Pardo, Dutch rabbi (b. unknown)
  • 2nd April » Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
  • 2nd April » Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
  • 9th May » William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor) known as William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
  • 10th May » Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)
  • 16th May » Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
  • 3rd June » William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578)
  • 6th August » Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
  • 17th August » Robert Blake (admiral) known as Robert Blake, English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1599)
  • 29th August » John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
  • 7th September » Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (b. 1606)