1655
year
1655 (MDCLV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1655th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 655th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 17th century, and the 6th year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1655, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s – 1650s – 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1652 1653 1654 – 1655 – 1656 1657 1658 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1655 MDCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2408 |
| Armenian calendar | 1104 ԹՎ ՌՃԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6405 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1576–1577 |
| Bengali calendar | 1062 |
| Berber calendar | 2605 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Cha. 2 – 7 Cha. 2 (Interregnum) |
| Buddhist calendar | 2199 |
| Burmese calendar | 1017 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7163–7164 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4351 or 4291 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4352 or 4292 |
| Coptic calendar | 1371–1372 |
| Discordian calendar | 2821 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1647–1648 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5415–5416 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1711–1712 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1576–1577 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4755–4756 |
| Holocene calendar | 11655 |
| Igbo calendar | 655–656 |
| Iranian calendar | 1033–1034 |
| Islamic calendar | 1065–1066 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōō 4 / Meireki 1 (明暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1577–1578 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3988 |
| Minguo calendar | 257 before ROC 民前257年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 187 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2197–2198 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1781 or 1400 or 628 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1782 or 1401 or 629 |
Events
change- March 25 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
- April 7 – Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
- April – Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.
- May 7 Pope Alexander VII is chosen to be pope.
- May 10 – English troops land on Jamaica
- August 9 – Oliver Cromwell divides England into districts under major-generals
- New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces.
- The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected, the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands of a building that was designed as a library.
- Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan