In the year 1657, the Jews of New Amsterdam in New Netherlands are granted freedom of religion, as full citizens (Apr 20), Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell confirms his refusal of the crown of England (May 8), the first eleven Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam, and are allowed to practice their faith (Jun 1), England’s first chocolate house is opened in London, tea is introduced to England, and coffee to France - and all these fine people were born:
1657-xxxx Charles FitzCharles* illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, by Catherine Pegge/1st Earl of Plymouth - Westminster, England (1680/c.23)
1657-xxxx Maria Jaakontytär Mylläri** (b Kihniä) mother of Jaakko Simonpoika Mylläri - Jalasjärvi, Sweden-Finland (1737/75-84) aby
1657-0111 Elisabeth van der Woude* traveller/writer/in Guyana for a while - Nieuwe Niedorp, North Holland (1698/41)
1657-0117 Pieter van Bloemen (B) Flemish painter - Antwerp (1720/63)
1657-0121 Francesco Cupani* Italian naturalist/botanist - Mirto, Sicily (1710/52)
1657-0211 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle* author - Rouen, Kingdom of France (1757/99)
1657-0301 Samuel Werenfels* theologian - Basel, Switzerland (1740/83)
1657-0313 David Lund* poetry professor/bishop of Viborg & Växjö - Halikko, Sweden-Finland (1729/72)
1657-0416 Otto Friedrich von der Groeben* Prussian explorer in Africa /soldier - Napratten (1728/71)
1657-0508 Martino Altomonte* Italian painter of Austrian descent - Naples, Kingdom of Naples (1745/88)
1657-0610 James Craggs the Elder (B) financier/politician - London, England (1721/63)
1657-0617 Louis Ellies Dupin* ecclesiastical historian/writer - Paris, France (1719/61)
1657-0708 Abraham de Peyster* mayor of New York City/Governor of New York - New Amsterdam (1728/71)
1657-0711 Frederick I of Prussia* of the Hohenzollern dynasty - Königsberg, Prussia (1713/55)
1657-0807 Henri Basnage de Beauval* lawyer/journal writer/ lexicographer - Rouen, France (1710/53)
1657-0809 Pierre-Étienne Monnot* sculptor - Orchamps-Vennes, France (1733/76)
1657-0818 Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena* Italian architect - Bologna, Papal States (1743/85)
1657-0927 Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia* regent of Russia (1682-1689) - Moscow, Russia (1704/46)
1657-1002 Guillaume Baudry* gunsmith/gold and silversmith in Lower Canada/father of 15 children - (1732/c.74)
1657-1021 Johann Adam Brandenstein* German organ builder - Himmelstadt (1726/68)
1657-1126 Michael Bernhard Valentini* German physician/collector - Gießen, Hessen (1729/71)
1657-1215 Michel Richard Delalande* organist/composer - Paris, Kingdom of France (1726/68)
1657-1223 Josiah Franklin* businessman/ father of Benjamin Franklin/to America at age 24 - Ecton, Northamptonshire, England (1745/87)
Updated 1.4.2023-2
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