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    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...
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    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....
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    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...
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    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...
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    Lawrence Washington (2 November 1602 – 21 January 1652) was a High Church rector of the Church of England. He was an early ancestor to the Washington family...
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  • 1650s BC (redirect from 1655 BC)
    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...
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  • The year 1655 in science and technology involved some significant events. March 25 – Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens...
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    Jamaica (category 1655 disestablishments in the Spanish West Indies)
    The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Santiago, until 1655, when England (part of what would become the Kingdom of Great Britain) conquered...
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    interests in various ways such as privateering and naval expeditions. In 1655, an English amphibious expedition invaded Spanish territory in the Caribbean...
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    GRO J1655−40 (redirect from GRO 1655−40)
    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...
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