Permanent year factsheet

Germany in 1656

Historical records for Germany in 1656, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records
3Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1656Alliance Frederick William and SwedenFrederick William

Warfare / Northern War, 2nd

Joins an alliance with Sweden against Poland

1656ElectorJohn George II

Saxony · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Elector of Saxony

1656Rule of PrussiaFrederick William

Warfare / Northern War, 2nd

Charles X signs a Treaty with Frederick William giving Prussia to Sweden

Names involved

Frederick WilliamJohn George II

Places involved

Saxony

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.