1655

Events

• New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces.
• March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
• April 7 - Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
• April - Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.
• Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

• May 13 - Pope Innocent XIII
• November 24 - King Charles XI of Sweden
• Zumbi, runaway slave in Brazil (d. 1695)

Deaths

• January 5 - Pope Innocent X
• October 24 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592)