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2 April – Anglo-Spanish War: King Philip IV of Spain signs a treaty with the exiled Charles II of England for the reconquest of England. [1]May – first performance of The Siege of Rhodes, Part I, by Sir William Davenant (with music by Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, Captain Cooke and others) the first English opera (under the guise of a recitative), in a private theatre at his home, Rutland ...
Churches completed in 1656 (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Religious buildings and structures completed in 1656" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
16th-century religious buildings and structures in the United Kingdom (1 C) Pages in category "16th-century religious buildings and structures in Europe" This category contains only the following page.
The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe, or Christendom .
1656 in England (2 C, 5 P) F. 1656 in France (1 C, 1 P) G. ... Pages in category "1656 in Europe" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
However, religious changes in the English national church proceeded more conservatively than elsewhere in Europe. Reformers in the Church of England alternated for centuries between sympathies for Catholic traditions and Protestantism, progressively forging a stable compromise between adherence to ancient tradition and Protestantism, which is ...
In the 1640s England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland underwent religious strife comparable to that which its neighbors had suffered some generations before. The rancor associated with these wars is partly attributed to the nature of the Puritan movement, a description of which is found to be unsatisfactory by many historians.
Pages in category "1656 in England" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...