Explore 130 historical events from 1650–1659.
John William, Elector Palatine of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine (1690–1716), Duke of Neuburg (1690–1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679–1716), and Duke of Upper Pala…
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (died 1716)
George St Lo was a British naval officer and politician.
George St Lo(e), Royal Navy officer and administrator (died 1718)
Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or p…
Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City)
Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her t…
Swedish Queen Christina abdicates her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converts to Catholicism
The Battle of Carbisdale took place close to the village of Culrain, Sutherland, Scotland on 27 April 1650 and was part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought by the Roya…
The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army
Robert Blake was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657. Blake served under Oliver Cromwell during the Engl…
English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cr
Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era.
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1709)
David Gregory FRS was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and later Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the Univ…
David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (died 1708)
Battle of Samugarh, also known as Jang-e-Samugarh, was a decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) between the sons of Mughal E…
Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659)
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms is the collective term for a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities in a personal …
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Cul
The Stuart Restoration was the return in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ending the Interregnum and the Commonwealth of England t…
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and re
The Concert of The Hague, signed on 21 May 1659, was an outline of the common stance of England, France and the Dutch Republic regarding the Second Northern War. The powers agreed …
In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France set out their vie
David Gregory FRS was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and later Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the Univ…
David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (died 1708)
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra, known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud, was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobil…
Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (died 1743)
Charles Ancillon was a French jurist and diplomat.
Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (died 1715)
Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian Baroque painter of the late Baroque period in Venetian painting. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represent…
Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (died 1734)
Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery, sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-169…
Henry Every, English pirate (died 1696)
Morgan Llwyd was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh-language poet and prose author.
Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (born 1619)
Richard Cromwell was an English statesman who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. He was the son of Lord Protector Oliv…
Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a seco
The Battle of Konotop or Battle of Sosnivka was fought between a coalition led by the Hetman of Zaporizhian Cossacks Ivan Vyhovsky and cavalry units of the Russian Tsardom under th…
At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy
Mary Frith, alias Moll Cutpurse, was a notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld.
Mary Frith, English criminal (born 1584)
Battle of Samugarh, also known as Jang-e-Samugarh, was a decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) between the sons of Mughal E…
Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659)
Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France
The Franco-Spanish War, May 1635 to November 1659, was fought between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points. It consists of two distinct phases, th…
Franco-Spanish War: Turenne and the French army win a decisive victory over the Spanish at the battle of the Dunes
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portu…
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War
Alamgir I, commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. Under his reign, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest …
Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
John William, Elector Palatine of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine (1690–1716), Duke of Neuburg (1690–1716), Duke of Jülich and Berg (1679–1716), and Duke of Upper Pala…
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (died 1716)
Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era.
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1709)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (died 1703)
Abaza Hasan Pasha, also called Kara Hasan Pasha or Celali Hasan Pasha;, was an Ottoman provincial governor and celali rebel of the mid-seventeenth century. He launched two rebellio…
Abaza Hasan Pasha and his allies declare a revolt against grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, demanding his execution…
John Cleveland was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire.
John Cleveland, English poet and author (born 1613)
Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
Pope Alexander VII appointed François de Laval as the first apostolic vicar of New France
The Anglo-Spanish War of 1654–1660 was fought between the Commonwealth of England and Habsburg Spain. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries,…
Anglo-Spanish War: The largest battle ever fought on Jamaica, the three-day Battle of Rio Nuevo, began
Robert Blake was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657. Blake served under Oliver Cromwell during the Engl…
English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cr