1656 in England

1656 in England

Events from the year 1656 in the The Protectorate.

Incumbents

*Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell

Events

* 2 April - Anglo-Spanish War: King Philip IV of Spain signs a treaty with Charles II of England for the reconquest of England.cite web|url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1656.htm|title=1656, British Civil Wars|accessdate=2007-09-20]
* 17 September
** the Second Protectorate Parliament assembles.
** Miles Sindercombe makes a failed assassination attempt on Oliver Cromwell.
* September - First English opera, "The Siege of Rhodes", performed at Rutland House.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 187-188|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 19 September - Anglo-Spanish War: Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish treasure fleet near Cádiz.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=267]
* 24 October - Quaker James Nayler re-enacts the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem at Bristol, for which he is arrested for blasphemy.

Ongoing events

* Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660

Publications

* James Harrington's political tract "The Commonwealth of Oceana".

Births

* 1 January - William Fleetwood, econmoist and statistician (died 1723)
* 14 September - Thomas Baker, antiquarian (died 1746)
* 29 October - Edmond Halley, scientist (died 1742)
* Thomas Bray, clergy (died 1730)
* Charles Davenant, economist (died 1714)
* Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (died 1722

Deaths

* 20 June - Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont, Royalist (born 1616)
* 8 September - Joseph Hall, bishop and writer (born 1574)
* 12 September - Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield, (born 1584)
* October - Stephen Bachiler, clergy (born c.1561)
* Robert Harley, statesman (born 1579)

References

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