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Year 1656 (MDCLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1656[]

January - June[]

July - December[]

  • July - In an attempt to rescue survivors of the Vergulde Draeck, a search party was sent ashore, in Goede Hoop's boat, which smashed against rocks and sank: 8 sailors drowned; 3 more disappeared ashore.
  • December - The pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens.

Undated[]

Ongoing Events[]

Births[]

1656 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1656
MDCLVI

Ab urbe condita 2409
Armenian calendar 1105
ԹՎ ՌՃԵ
Bahá'í calendar -188 – -187
Buddhist calendar 2200
Coptic calendar 1372 – 1373
Ethiopian calendar 1648 – 1649
Hebrew calendar 5416 5417
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1711 – 1712
 - Shaka Samvat 1578 – 1579
 - Kali Yuga 4757 – 4758
Holocene calendar 11656
Iranian calendar 1034 – 1035
Islamic calendar 1066 – 1067
Japanese calendar Meireki 2


(明暦 2年)

 - Imperial Year Kōki 2316
(皇紀2316年)
Julian calendar 1701
Korean calendar 3989
Thai solar calendar 2199
See also 1656 births.

Deaths[]

See also 1656 deaths.


This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at 1656. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.

People of the year 1656 at Familypedia

115 people were born in 1656

 FatherMotherAge mother at birth
Johann Ludwig von Anhalt-Zerbst (1656-1704)Johann von Anhalt-Zerbst (1621-1667)Sofie Auguste von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1630-1680)
James Beers (1656-1691)James Beers (1628-1698)Martha Barlow (1632-1698)
Anne Poirier dite Bellepoire (1656-1704)Vincent Poirier dit Bellepoire (1628-1703)Françoise Pinguet (1625-1661)
Ephraim Bemis (1656-1738)Joseph Bemis (1619-1684)Sarah Finch (1620-1712)
Ruth Blogget (1656-1695)Samuel Blogget (c1633-1687)Ruth Iggleden (1632-1703)
William Bowes (1656-1706)Thomas Bowes (1607-1661)Anne Maxtone (c1609-1705)
James Browne (1656-1715)Richard Browne (c1630-1662)Mary (c1633-)
John Carr (1656-1689)George Carr (1599-1682)Elizabeth Dexter (1623-1691)
John Chester (1656-1711)John Chester (c1633-1695)Sarah Welles (1631-1698)
Charles Churchill (1656-1714)Winston Churchill (1620-1688)Elizabeth Drake (1620-1698)
John Colby (1656-1719)John Colby (1633-1674)Frances Hoyt (1636-1720)
Susanna Cole (1656-1726)John Cole (1625-1707)Susanna Hutchinson (1633-1713)
John Colvin (1656-1729)
Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl of Coningsby (1656-1729)Humphrey Coningsby (c1623-)Lettice Loftus (c1634-)
Hannah Coolidge (1656-1699)John Coolidge (1628-1690)Hannah Livermore (1633-1678)
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72 children were born to the 55 women born in 1656

39 people died in 1656

 FatherMotherAge at death
Christian II. von Anhalt-Bernburg (1599-1656)Christian I. von Anhalt-Bernburg (1568-1630)Anna zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1579-1624)
Jan Jiří Bechinie von Lažan (c1580-c1656)Kašpar Bechinie von Lažan (c1535-c1600)Anna Bukovanský Pinta von Bukovan (c1555-c1610)
Judith Bechinie von Lažan (c1590-1656)Jan Bechinie von Lažan (c1555-c1620)Agnes Anna Malovcová von Malovic (c1565-c1625)
Barbara Borsita von Martinitz (1602-1656)Jaroslav Borsita von Martinitz (1582-1649)Maria Eusebia von Sternberg (1584-1634)
Adrian Chadwick (1591-1656)Edmond Chadwick (1528-1578)Isabel Brand (1528-1583)
Anna Cooke (1636-1656)Josiah Cooke (1610-1666)Elizabeth Ring (1602-1687)
Margery Crane (1595-1656)Jasper Crane (bef1595-)61
Mary Delano (1635-1656)Philip Delano (1602-1683)Hester Dewsbury (c1605-1653)
Ann Fisher (1600-1656)
Robert Gordon, 1st Bart (1580-1656)Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland (c1552-1594)Jean Gordon (-1629)
Elizabeth Harding (1596-1656)
Robert Harley (1579-1656)Thomas Harley (c1543-1631)Margaret Corbet (1548-)
Jenneke Hijinck (c1560-c1656)96
Mary Iddenden (1573-1656)John Iddenden (1540-1588)Christian Glover Mercer (c1548-1597)
Robert Keayne (1595-1656)John Keayne
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5049 people lived in 1656

 FatherMother
Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708)Jan Robberts
Anna Jans (1645-1705)
Antonius Cornellii (c1630-aft1671)Antonia Laurenti (c1600-)
Claes Dircksz (bef1640-c1667)Dirck Coop (c1580-1653)Griet Germents (bef1595-aft1663)
Dieuwer Claas (c1615-1679)
Elisabeth Joannis (1645-)
Geert Jans (c1650-1693)Jan (bef1650-)
Griedt Simons (c1638-bef1699)
Griet Germents (bef1595-aft1663)Gerbrand JacobszGuijrte Hillebrants
Reeder, (John Reeder, age 18 son of William Reeder)William Reeder
Lydia Ann Brown Hodges (1608-1686)
Maartje Cornelis (c1633-1661)
Maria Jacobi (c1632-aft1671)Jacob (bef1632-)
Neeltje Dircks (c1645-1714)Dirck (bef1645-)
Pieter Allertsz (1625-1671)
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Events of the year 1656 at Familypedia

85 people were married in 1656.

 Joined with
Sarah Allen (1639-1690)Josiah Standish (1633-1690)
Samuel Appleton (1624-1696)Anna Payne (1629-1656) + Mary Lowell Oliver (1640-1692)
John Atkinson (1636-1715)Sarah Merrick (1608-1687) + Hannah Noyes (1643-1705)
Mary Axtell (1639-1704)John Goodenow (1635-1721)
Samuel Baker (1639-1714)Ellen Winslow (1636-1676)
William Baker (1629-1679)Mary Eddington (1633-1655) + Pilgrim Eddy (1634-)
Richard Barnes (1631-1708)Deborah Dix (1641-1689)
John Barrett (1635-1711)Mary Pond (1639-1711)
William Barrett (1629-1689)Sarah Poole (1636-1661) + Mary Barnard (1639-1673) + Mary Sparhawk (1652-1673) + Margaret Bartlett (c1640-)
Hannah Barsham (1637-1710)John Spring (1630-1717)
Benjamin Bartlett (1633-1691)Susanna Jenney (1634-1654) + Sarah Brewster (1638-1668) + Sissilla Bartlett (1634-)
Joes Beckering (1630-1680)Aleid Wrede (1637-1680)
Henry Blaisdell (1632-1703)Mary Haddon (1637-1691)+ Elizabeth Odgood Quimby (1650-1705)
Elizabeth Boylston (1640-1665)John Fisher (1634-1668)
Sarah Brewster (1638-1668)Benjamin Bartlett (1633-1691)
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There were 0 military battles in 1656.


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