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John George I, Elector of Saxony
1656Oct, 8

John George I, Elector of Saxony

John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
John George I (5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.

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Events on 1656

  • 23Jan

    Lettres provinciales

    Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
  • 30Jul

    Battle of Warsaw (1656)

    Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
  • 14Oct

    Puritanism

    Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.