1655 in England

Events from the year 1655 in England.

Incumbents

22 January – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament.^[1]
11–14 March – Penruddock uprising: a Royalist uprising beginning in Wiltshire is defeated by a skirmish in South Molton.^[1]
28 April – Admiral Robert Blake destroys the pirate fleet of the bey of Tunis.^[1]
10–27 May – Anglo-Spanish War: Invasion of Jamaica – Forces led by William Penn and Robert Venables capture the island of Jamaica from Spain.^[2]
9 August – the Rule of the Major-Generals, a period of direct military government, begins.^[1]
24 November – Anglican services prohibited by Cromwell.^[1]
4–18 December – Whitehall Conference convened by Cromwell to debate the Resettlement of the Jews in England.^[2]

11 January – Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, politician and soldier (died 1701)
23 April (bapt.) – Andrew Allam, writer (died 1685)
25 April – John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, politician (died 1700)
3 June – William Nicolson, bishop and antiquary (died 1727)
20 July – Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, statesman (died 1701)
12 November – Francis Nicholson, military officer and colonial governor (died 1728)
28 December – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (died 1698)
Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet, politician (died 1696)

31 January (bur.) – Anthony Stapley, Regicide (born 1590)
February – George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, (born 1620)
18 March – Father Richard Smith, Bishop (born 1568)
16 May – John Penruddock, Cavalier (born 1619) (executed)
after May – Elizabeth Alkin, Parliamentarian publisher, nurse and spy (born c. 1600)
by 9 June – Thomas Mauleverer, Member of Parliament and Regicide (born 1599)
26 June – Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway, (born 1594)
19 November – Stephen Marshall, clergyman (born 1594)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 266. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b "1655, British Civil Wars". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 185–186. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.