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What Happened in March 1657

Historical Events

  • Mar 23 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk

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

English Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell
English Military and Political Leader
Oliver Cromwell

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 1 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
  • Mar 18 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
  • Mar 24 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)

Famous Deaths

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


What Happened in 1657