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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Berckheyde,after-City_hall_in_Amsterdam-_1668-1670.jpg" caption="Amsterdam Town Hall]] (now the Royal Palace of the Netherlands) is inaugurated."] ::

Events

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January–March

April–June

July–September

October –December

Date unknown

  • Stephan Farffler, a 22-year-old paraplegic watchmaker, builds the world's first self-propelling chair on a three-wheel chassis using a system of cranks and cogwheels. However, the device has the appearance of a hand bike more than a wheelchair since the design includes hand cranks mounted at the front wheel.
  • The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected,{{cite thesis |last=Mourtis |first=E.V.M. |date=December 14, 2016 |title=Een kamer gevuld met de mooiste boeken : de bibliotheek van Johannes Thysius (1622-1653) |type=PhD |chapter=Introduction |publisher=Vantilt |chapter-url=https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/45015|page=11|language=nl|access-date=22 March 2022}} the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands, of a building designed as a library.
  • 1655 Malta plague outbreak kills 20 people.
  • Frederick III of Denmark-Norway gives control of the Faroe Islands to Christoffer Gabel and his son, which will last until 1709.

Births

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/InnocientXIII.jpg" caption="[[Pope Innocent XIII"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Charles_XI_of_Sweden_(1691).jpg" caption="[[Charles XI of Sweden"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Hoornbeek.jpg" caption="[[Isaac van Hoornbeek"] ::

Deaths

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Retrato_del_Papa_Inocencio_X._Roma,_by_Diego_Velázquez.jpg" caption="[[Pope Innocent X"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Eustache_le_sueur.jpg" caption="[[Eustache Le Sueur"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Ukita_Hideie.jpg" caption="[[Ukita Hideie"] ::

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