1657
1657 was a common year which started on Monday.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s – 1650s – 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1654 1655 1656 – 1657 – 1658 1659 1660 |
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").