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...

The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire....

occupation of the Commonwealth as a theatre of the Second Northern War (1655–1660) only; in Poland and Lithuania this period is called the Swedish Deluge...

Joseph's Dream is a 1650–1655 oil on canvas painting by Barent Fabritius and other artists in Rembrandt's studio. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts...

GRO J1655−40 is a binary star consisting of an evolved F-type primary star and a massive, unseen companion, which orbit each other once every 2.6 days...

Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 – 27 June 1655), was born a princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga, and by marriage to Ferdinand II...

The year 1655 in science and technology involved some significant events. March 25 – Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens...

was a decade lasting from January 1, 1659 BC to December 31, 1650 BC. c. 1655 BC—Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, dies. c. 1650 BC—Greeks start...

Lawrence Washington (1602 – 21 January 1652) was a High Church rector of the Church of England. He was an early ancestor to the Washington family of Virginia...

The decade of the 1650s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1655: William Dugdale - Monasticon Anglicanum begins publication. 1656: William...