March 8–John Casor becomes the first legally recognized slave in what will become the United States, as a court in Northampton County in the Colony of Virginia issues its decision in the Casor lawsuit, the first instance of a judicial determination in the Thirteen Colonies holding that a person who has committed no crime could be held in servitude for life.[3]
December 4– Middelburg, the Netherlands forbids the building of a synagogue.
December 18– The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there is no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.[18]
Stephan Farffler, a 22-year-old paraplegic watchmaker, builds the world's first self-propelling chair on a three-wheel chassis using a system of cranks and cogwheels.[20][21] However, the device has the appearance of a hand bike more than a wheelchair since the design includes hand cranks mounted at the front wheel.[22]
The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected,[23] the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands, of a building designed as a library.[24]
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"Eleonore Magdalena (Theresia) von Pfalz-Neuburg (1655 – 1720)"(PDF). www.pfalzneuburg.de (in German). Archived(PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022. Eleonore Magdalena Theresia wird am 6. Januar 1655 als ältestes Kind (von insgesamt 17 Kindern, 9 Knaben, 8Mädchen) des Neuburger Pfalzgrafen und Herzogs Philipp Wilhelm und seiner 2.
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Arnold Houbraken mentioned erroneously 1656 as his birth in the book De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, but the correct date is 1655.[41]
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