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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1657 MDCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2410 |
| Armenian calendar | 1106 ԹՎ ՌՃԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6407 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1578–1579 |
| Bengali calendar | 1064 |
| Berber calendar | 2607 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Cha. 2 – 9 Cha. 2 (Interregnum) |
| Buddhist calendar | 2201 |
| Burmese calendar | 1019 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7165–7166 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4353 or 4293 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4354 or 4294 |
| Coptic calendar | 1373–1374 |
| Discordian calendar | 2823 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1649–1650 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5417–5418 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1713–1714 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1578–1579 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4757–4758 |
| Holocene calendar | 11657 |
| Igbo calendar | 657–658 |
| Iranian calendar | 1035–1036 |
| Islamic calendar | 1067–1068 |
| Japanese calendar | Meireki 3 (明暦３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1579–1580 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3990 |
| Minguo calendar | 255 before ROC 民前255年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 189 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2199–2200 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1783 or 1402 or 630 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1784 or 1403 or 631 |
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
[change | change source]- September 24 – The first autopsy and coroner's jury verdict are recorded in the Colony of Maryland.
Date unknown
[change | change source]- Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance").