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What Happened in March 1657

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Historical Events

  • Mar 2 Great Fire of Meireki destroys 60-70% of the Japanese capital city of Edo, killing an estimated 100,000 people
  • Mar 23 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk

Humble Petition and Advice

Mar 31 English Parliament makes the Humble Petition and Advice to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines

English Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell
Events in 1657

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 1 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (reasonable orthodoxy), born in Basel, Swiss Confederacy (d. 1740)
  • Mar 18 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian Baroque composer, organist, and maestro di cappella (Basilica of San Marco. 1677-1743), born in Rieti, Papal States (d. 1743)
  • Mar 24 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)
Born in 1657

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 26 Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist and carillonneur, dies at 69


What Happened in 1657

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