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Years: 1654 1655 1656 - 1657 - 1658 1659 1660
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1657 in literature 1657 in science

Events

Oliver Cromwell offered kingship of England, but declines

Births

February 11 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters.
July 11 - King Frederick I of Prussia

Deaths

August 16 - Bohdan Chmielnicki
Jacob van Campen

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