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Born on Saturday August 12, 1656
- Dorothy Pitt, Blandford, Dorset, England († 1678)
- Jan Lauwers, Elkerzee, Zeeland, Nederland
- Judith Philips Sesaers, Rotterdam († 1717)
- Mathias Nicolaus Huiys, Helden Limburg, Nederland († 1702)
- Jan van Iperen, Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1729)
- Jan Pietersz. van Yperen, Benthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1729)
- Mathijs, Nicolaus Huijs (Huys), Helden, Limburg, nederland
- Anna Hoste, Klerken
- Lorenz Volz, Gamshurst, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1840)
- Joost Jansz, Rotterdam
Died on Saturday August 12, 1656
- jan stevens (77)
- Margaret COUPAR BROWNE (50), Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
- Petrus Buyens (8), Minderhout, Antwerpen, België
- Arthur Williamson (19), Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
- Dubbelt Worst (11)
- Margaret Braune (50), Stirlingshire, Scotland
- William Williamson (35), Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
- Paulus Stevens #11 (66), Geleen, Limburg, Nl
Born on August 12
- 1591 » Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity († 1660)
- 1599 » Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet († 1678)
- 1604 » Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun († 1651)
- 1626 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer († 1690)
- 1629 » Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess († 1685)
- 1644 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer († 1704)
- 1686 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author († 1748)
- 1696 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer († 1755)
- 1762 » George IV of the United Kingdom († 1830)
- 1773 » Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic († 1853)
Died on August 12
- 1546 » Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
- 1577 » Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
- 1588 » Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
- 1602 » Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
- 1612 » Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
- 1638 » Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
- 1674 » Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
- 1689 » Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
- 1778 » Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
- 1809 » Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1656
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- January 23 » Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
- July 21 » The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- July 28 » Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
- July 30 » Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
- October 14 » The US state of Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).