Explore 197 historical events from 1650–1659.
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms was a Ruthenian nobleman and military commander of Zaporozhian Cossacks as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host, which …
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (born 1595)
John Lilburne, also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642–1650. He coined the term "freeborn rights", defin…
John Lilburne, English activist (born 1614)
Arvid Wittenberg or Arvid Wirtenberg von Debern, was a Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor. Born in Porvoo, Finland, he died imprisoned in Zamość, Poland, 7 September…
Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish field marshal (born 1606)
Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj, Princess of San Martino, , was the sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili). She was perceived by her contemporaries as having influence regarding …
Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (born 1591)
The Anglo-Spanish War was fought between England and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side atta…
Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off th
The Raid on Malaga was a military action by the English against the Spanish city of Málaga on 21 July 1656 as part of the Anglo–Spanish War (1654–1660).
The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
The Northern War of 1655–1660 was fought between the Swedish Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with participation at different times by Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, th…
Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of …
A joined Hospitaller-Venetian fleet defeats a numerically superior Ottoman fleet in the battle of the Dardanelles.
The Battle of Warsaw took place near Warsaw on July 28–July 30 [O.S. July 18–20] 1656, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden and Brandenburg. It was a…
The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish-Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force.
The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital o…
The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society…
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Rochester in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1715. He served in the T…
John Leake, Royal Navy admiral (died 1720)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne was a French military officer and diplomat. From 1685 to 1688, he led a diplomatic mission to the Ayutthaya K…
Claude de Forbin, French general (died 1733)
Guillaume Dubois was a French cardinal and statesman.
Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (died 1723)
Thomas Baker was an English antiquarian.
Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)
Nicolas de Largillière was a French painter and draughtsman. From 1733 until 1735, he was director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture.
Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)
Thomas Fincke was a Danish mathematician and physicist, and a professor at the University of Copenhagen for more than 60 years.
Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (born 1561)
Jan Josephszoon van Goyen was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapes, marine paintings, river landscapes, bea…
Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1596)
Thomas Tomkins was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skill…
Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-English composer (born 1572)
François-Marie, comte de Broglie and comte de Revel was a prominent soldier and commander in the Thirty Years' War.
François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (born 1611)
Salomo Glassius was a German theologian and biblical critic born at Sondershausen, in the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (born 1593)
Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.
Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (born 1599)
Joseph Hall was an English bishop, satirist and moralist. His contemporaries knew him as a devotional writer, and a high-profile controversialist of the early 1640s. In church poli…
Joseph Hall, English bishop (born 1574)
Myles Standish was an English military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States, by the Pilgrims. Stan…
Myles Standish, English captain (born 1584)
John George I, was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years' War, which dominated his 45-year reign.
John George I, Elector of Saxony (born 1585)