1655 in History

Calls for resistance as Swedish occupation spreads across the Commonwealth

Destroys Barbary shipping at Porto Farina and demonstrates English naval power

Receives the submission of Greater Poland after the capitulation of Ujscie

Joins the capitulation to Swedish forces in Greater Poland

Submits Greater Poland forces to Sweden at Ujscie

Helps capture Jamaica from Spain during Cromwell's Western Design

Commands the land forces that capture Jamaica after the failed attack on Hispaniola

Captures Salisbury during the royalist rising for Charles II

Loses Warsaw to Charles X Gustav during the Swedish Deluge

Captures Warsaw during the Swedish invasion of Poland

Leads Swedish forces that enter Warsaw during the Deluge

Agrees a commercial treaty with England and removes some royalist exiles from French support

Agrees a commercial treaty with France after worsening relations with Spain

Works to organize Polish resistance during the Swedish Deluge

Influences Cromwell's decision to divide England and Wales into military districts after Penruddock's rising

Intervenes as Poland's Tatar ally during fighting against Russian-Cossack forces

Organizes the monastery's defense against Swedish siege forces

Dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament after constitutional conflict

Swedish forces enter Krakow during the invasion of the Commonwealth

Leaves the Commonwealth as Swedish forces overrun much of Poland

Accompanies the royal court in exile during the Swedish invasion

Fails to capture Hispaniola before the expedition turns toward Jamaica

Leads the land attack on Hispaniola that ends in failure

Cromwell dissolved the First Protectorate Parliament after disputes over constitutional authority.

The Western Design captures Jamaica from Spain under Penn and Venables

Invades the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and begins the Swedish Deluge

Commands Swedish forces besieging Jasna Gora

Leads Swedish forces attacking from Livonia into the Commonwealth

Helps secure Krakow for Sweden after the city's surrender

Leads a royalist rising against the Protectorate and briefly seizes Salisbury

Helps lead the royalist rising that fails in the West Country

Commands Swedish cavalry during the early invasion of Poland

Commands Swedish forces in the early campaign in Greater Poland

Serves under Charles X Gustav during the Polish campaign

Continues resistance after the Swedish capture of Warsaw

Orders Major-Generals to be appointed to control local militias and security

The monastery fortress at Jasna Gora resists the Swedish siege

Swedish forces begin the siege of Jasna Gora

Leads the defense of Jasna Gora against Swedish forces

Succeeds as Emperor of Japan after the abdication of Go-Komyo

Suppresses the royalist rising and hardens security policy

Aligns with Sweden through the Union of Kedainiai

Faces Swedish forces attacking from Livonia and Pomerania

Faces the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Accepts Lithuania's submission under the Union of Kedainiai

Lithuanian magnates break with Poland and accept Swedish protection

Lithuanian magnates accept Swedish protection and break the Union of Lublin

Moves into open conflict with Spain after the seizure of Jamaica

Charles is born at Stockholm Palace to Charles X Gustav and Hedvig Eleonora.

Charles is born at Stockholm Palace to Charles X Gustav and Hedvig Eleonora.

Born as the son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Helps defeat a joint Russian-Cossack force at Okhmatov