1656

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1620s  1630s  1640s  – 1650s –  1660s  1670s  1680s
Years:	1653 1654 1655 – 1656 – 1657 1658 1659

The year 1656 was a leap year which started on Saturday.

Events

• December – The pendulum clock is invented by Christian Huygens.