1656 in England
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Events from the year 1656 in the The Protectorate.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell
[edit] Events
- 2 April - Anglo-Spanish War: King Philip IV of Spain signs a treaty with Charles II of England for the reconquest of England.[1]
- 17 September
- the Second Protectorate Parliament assembles.[1]
- Miles Sindercombe makes a failed assassination attempt on Oliver Cromwell.[1]
- September - First English opera, The Siege of Rhodes, performed at Rutland House.[2]
- 19 September - Anglo-Spanish War: Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish treasure fleet near Cádiz.[3]
- 24 October - Quaker James Nayler re-enacts the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem at Bristol, for which he is arrested for blasphemy.[1]
[edit] Ongoing events
- Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660
[edit] Publications
- James Harrington's political tract The Commonwealth of Oceana.[3]
[edit] Births
- 1 January - William Fleetwood, econmoist and statistician (died 1723)
- 14 September - Thomas Baker, antiquarian (died 1746)
- 29 October - Edmond Halley, scientist (died 1742)
- Thomas Bray, clergy (died 1730)
- Charles Davenant, economist (died 1714)
- Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (died 1722
[edit] Deaths
- 20 June - Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont, Royalist (born 1616)
- 8 September - Joseph Hall, bishop and writer (born 1574)
- 12 September - Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, (born 1584)
- October - Stephen Bachiler, clergy (born c.1561)
- Robert Harley, statesman (born 1579)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d 1656, British Civil Wars. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 187-188. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 267. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
