1655 in England

1655 in England

Events from the year 1655 in the The Protectorate.

Incumbents

*Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell

Events

* 22 January - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=266]
* 11 March–14 March - Penruddock uprising: a Royalist uprising in Wiltshire is quickly defeated.
* 28 April - Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of the bey of Tunis.
* 17 May - William Penn and Robert Venables capture the island of Jamaica from Spain.cite web|url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1655.htm|title=1655, British Civil Wars|accessdate=2007-09-20]
* 9 August - The Rule of the Major-Generals, a period of direct military government, begins.
* 24 November - Anglican services prohibited by Cromwell.
* 4 December–18 December - The Whitehall Conference is convened by Cromwell to debate the Resettlement of the Jews in England.

Ongoing events

* Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660

Publications

* John Wallis's "Arithmetica Infinitorum", first work on differential calculus.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 185-186|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Births

* 11 January - Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, politician and soldier (died 1701)
* 25 April - John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, politician (died 1700)
* 20 July - Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, statesman (died 1701)
* 12 November - Francis Nicholson, military officer and colonial governor (died 1728)
* 28 December - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (died 1698)
* Andrew Allam, writer (died 1685)
* Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet, politician (died 1696)
* William Nicolson, antiquary (died 1727)

Deaths

* 18 March - Father Richard Smith, Bishop (born 1568)
* June - Thomas Mauleverer, Member of Parliament and Regicide of King Charles I (born 1599)
* 26 June - Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, (born 1594)
* George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, (born 1620)
* Stephen Marshall, clergy (born 1594)
* John Penruddock, Cavalier (born 1619)
* Anthony Stapley, Regicide of King Charles I (born 1590)

References

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