Thomas Baker, English historian and author (d. 1746)
Thomas Baker (14 September 1656 in Lanchester, Durham – 2 July 1740) was an English antiquarian.
1656Sep, 14
Thomas Baker (antiquarian)
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- 23Jan
Lettres provinciales
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. - 30Jul
Battle of Warsaw (1656)
Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw. - 14Oct
Puritanism
Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.