1657

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

1657 Media

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  April 20: Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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  Frederick I of Prussia

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  Portret van de Friese zeeschilder Wigerus Vitringa (1657-1725)

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  Robert Blake

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  Jacob van Campen in his book Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings, 1665.

1657 (MDCLVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1657th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 657th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1657, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• September 24 – The first autopsy and coroner's jury verdict are recorded in the Colony of Maryland.

Date unknown

• Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance").