1657

Years: 1654 1655 1656 - 1657 - 1658 1659 1660
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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

February 11 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters.
March 24 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer
July 11 - King Frederick I of Prussia
William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)