Important Historical Events of the year 1655, Year 1655 in History

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List of 1655 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1655

What happened in the year 1655?

Date	Event
February 14, 1655	The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
March 25, 1655	Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
April 23, 1655	The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
May 19, 1655	The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
July 31, 1655	Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
August 23, 1655	Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
September 8, 1655	Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
December 18, 1655	The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
December 27, 1655	Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.