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* 1656 – Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician ( d. 1742 )
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In Provincial Letters ( 1656 – 7 ) he scolded the Jesuits for using casuistic reasoning in confession to placate wealthy Church donors, while punishing poor penitents.
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A historian from Slesvig, Ulrik Petersen ( 1656 – 1735 ), wrote in the late 17th century that the flag hung in Slesvig cathedral till about 1660 until it simply crumbled away, thus ending its more than 400-year-old story.
* 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist ( d. 1656 )
Further imprisonments came at London in 1654, Launceston in 1656, Lancaster in 1660, Leicester in 1662, Lancaster again and Scarborough in 1664 – 66 and Worcester in 1673 – 75.
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* 1656 – Guru Har Krishan, Indian eighth of the eleven Sikh Gurus ( d. 1664 )
* 1656 – Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
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* 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter ( d. 1656 )
Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (; 13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656 ) was a Dutch landscape painter.
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* 1733 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander ( b. 1656 )
The 2, 000 Tatar raiders who fought on the Polish side – before their return to Crimea – demolished most townships and caused the death of over 50 % of the population of southern Prussian region ( later Masuria ) within the years 1656 – 1657, taking 3, 400 people into slavery.
1656 and Edmond
Along with the inventor and microscopist Robert Hooke ( 1635 – 1703 ), Sir Christopher Wren ( 1632 – 1723 ) and Sir Isaac Newton ( 1642 – 1727 ), English scientist and astronomer Edmond Halley ( 1656 – 1742 ) was trying to develop a mechanical explanation for planetary motion.
* January 14 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer ( b. 1656 )
* Edmond Halley ( 1656 – 1742 )-In 1690, Halley patented the diving bell.
* Edmond Halley ( 1656 – 1742 ), English Astronomer Royal
1656 and Halley
* January 14-Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist ( born 1656 ).
1656 and British
The Broad was a British coin worth 20 shillings ( 20 /-) issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS ( c. 1656 – 22 January 1733 ) was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne.
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* Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth ( 1656 – 1725 ), British statesman and extensive English and Irish landowner, ambassador to Denmark, ambassador to Sweden, founder of the " Molesworth circle " of scientific minds, MP in British, English and Irish Parliaments, Baron of Philipstown, Viscount of Swords
* John Leake ( 1656 – 1720 ), British Admiral
Sir Hovenden Walker ( 1656 or 1666 – 1725 or 1728 ) was a British naval officer noted for having led an abortive 1711 expedition against Quebec City, then the capital of New France.
1656 and astronomer
** Francesco Fontana, Italian lawyer and astronomer ( d. 1656 )
Francesco Fontana ( lawyer ) ( 1580 – c. 1656 ) was an Italian lawyer ( University of Naples ) but was an astronomer.
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1656 and mathematician
* January 6 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist ( d. 1656 )
Thomas Fincke ( 6 January 1561 – 24 April 1656 ) was a Danish mathematician and physicist, and a professor at the University of Copenhagen for more than 60 years.
Nicolaas Hartsoeker ( 26 March 1656, Gouda-10 December 1725, Utrecht ) was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who invented the screw-barrel simple microscope circa 1694.
1656 and d
* 1611 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander ( d. 1656 )
* 1656 – Georg Reutter, Austrian organist, theorbo player and composer ( d. 1738 )
* 1656 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian ( d. 1746 )
** Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer ( d. 1656 )
** Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch poet ( d. 1656 )
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* November 1 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander ( d. 1656 )
* January 13 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter ( d. 1656 )
** Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano ( d. 1656 )
* date unknown – Stephen Bachiler, non-conformist minister and pioneer settler of New England ( d. 1656 )
** Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont, English Royalist ( d. 1656 )
** Johann Klaj, German poet ( d. 1656 )
* March 5 – John George I, Elector of Saxony ( d. 1656 )
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