François Tristan l'Hermite, French author and playwright (b. 1601)
François l'Hermite (c. 1601 – 7 September 1655) was a French dramatist who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite. He was born at the Château de Soliers in the Haute Marche.

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- 8Mar
Thirteen Colonies
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed. - 31Jul
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years. - 8Sep
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. - 18Dec
Edict of Expulsion
The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. - 27Dec
Siege of Jasna Góra
Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.