- 1655 in England
Events from the year
1655 in theThe Protectorate .Incumbents
*Lord Protector -
Oliver Cromwell Events
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22 January -Oliver Cromwell dissolves theFirst 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 : aRoyalist uprising inWiltshire is quickly defeated.
*28 April - Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of thebey ofTunis .
*17 May - William Penn andRobert Venables capture the island ofJamaica fromSpain .cite web|url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1655.htm|title=1655, British Civil Wars|accessdate=2007-09-20]
*9 August - TheRule of the Major-Generals , a period of direct military government, begins.
*24 November - Anglican services prohibited by Cromwell.
*4 December –18 December - TheWhitehall Conference is convened by Cromwell to debate theResettlement of the Jews in England .Ongoing events
* Anglo-Spanish War 1654–1660
Publications
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John Wallis 's "Arithmetica Infinitorum ", first work ondifferential 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
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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
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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
ee also
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