First Northern War | Polish-Swedish, Charles X Gustav Russo . . . In 1655 the Swedish king Charles X Gustav declared war on Poland on the pretext that Poland’s John II Casimir Vasa had refused to acknowledge him; the real reason was Charles’s desire to aggrandize more
Pre-Revolution Timeline 1600s, Detail 1655, Peach Tree War . . . September 15, 1655 - Peach Tree War begins with attack on New Amsterdam and Pavonia along Hudson (North) River by Susquehannock Indians and their allies as retaliation for the loss of New Sweden to the Dutch Indian victory forced many Dutch settlers back to Fort Amsterdam
1655 In July 1655, King Charles X Gustav of Sweden initiated the invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, launching a two-pronged offensive into Royal Prussia and Greater Poland to exploit the Commonwealth's preoccupation with the ongoing Russo-Polish War and internal divisions among the nobility [2]
Map, Available Online, 1655 | Library of Congress Novus atlas Sinensis Covers 16 provinces of China, Korea, and Japan Relief shown pictorially Includes text Philips 3186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image
1655 in England - Wikipedia Events from the year 1655 in England 22 January – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament [1] 11–14 March – Penruddock uprising: a Royalist uprising beginning in Wiltshire is defeated by a skirmish in South Molton [1] 28 April – Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of the bey of Tunis [1]
BrainyHistory - Events Listing 1655 in History February 16 Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker March 25 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) April 4 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates April 7 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII April 26
What Happened in 1655 - On This Day What happened and who was famous in 1655? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1655