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Year 1656 (MDCLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1656

January - June

July - December

  • July - In an attempt to rescue survivors of the Vergulde Draeck, a search party was sent ashore, in Goede Hoop's boat, which smashed against rocks and sank: 8 sailors drowned; 3 more disappeared ashore.
  • December - The pendulum clock is invented by Christiaan Huygens.

Undated

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1656 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1656
MDCLVI
Ab urbe condita2409
Armenian calendar1105
ԹՎ ՌՃԵ
Bah' calendar-188 – -187
Buddhist calendar2200
Chinese calendar4292/4352-8-3
(乙未年八月初三日)
— to —
4293/4353-6-11
(丙申年六月十一日)
Coptic calendar1372 – 1373
Ethiopian calendar1648 – 1649
Hebrew calendar 5416 – 5417
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1711 – 1712
 - Shaka Samvat1578 – 1579
 - Kali Yuga4757 – 4758
Holocene calendar11656
Iranian calendar1034 – 1035
Islamic calendar1066 – 1067
Japanese calendarMeireki 0
(明暦0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2316
(皇紀2316年)
Julian calendar1701
Korean calendar3989
Thai solar calendar2199
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  • Construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny.

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    Dahomey - Houegbadja, King of Dahomey (1645-1685)
  • Ethiopia - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia (1632-1667)

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1655 colonial governors - Events of 1656 - 1657 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year

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  • Angola - Luís Mendes de Sousa, Governor of Angola (1654-1658)

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