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

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1657 in various calendars
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) 4354 or 4147 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4355 or 4148
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

January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London and are arrested.^[1]
January 29 – Rule of the Major-Generals (regional military government) in England is abolished.^[2]
February 4 – Resettlement of the Jews in England: Oliver Cromwell gives Antonio Fernandez Carvajal the assurance of the right of Jews to remain in England.
February 23 – In England, the Humble Petition and Advice offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown.^[3]
March 2 – The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo, Japan, destroys most of the city and damages Edo Castle, killing an estimated 100,000 people.^[4]
March 23 – Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60): By the Treaty of Paris, France and England form an alliance against Spain;^[5] England will receive Dunkirk.

April 20
- Anglo-Spanish War – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: English Admiral Robert Blake attempts to seize a Spanish treasure fleet.
- The Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) are granted freedom of religion, as full citizens.^[6]
May 8 – Lord Protector Cromwell confirms his refusal of the crown of England, preferring the title "Lord Protector".^[1]
June 1
- King Frederick III of Denmark signs a manifesto, de facto declaring war on Sweden.
- The first eleven Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam (later New York City), and are allowed to practice their faith.

July 13 – Following his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to Oliver Cromwell, English army leader John Lambert is ordered to resign his commissions.^[1]
August 20 – The ship Les Armes d'Amsterdam arrives at Quebec, New France. Among the passengers is Michel Mathieu Brunet dit Lestang (1638–1708), colonist, explorer and co-discoverer of modern-day Green Bay, Wisconsin, and ancestor of the Brunet, Lestang and Carisse families of North America.
September 19 – Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Wehlau.
September 24 – The first autopsy and coroner's jury verdict in the Colony of Maryland are recorded.
September – Shah Jahan becomes ill, allowing his son to take control of the Mughal Empire.

The Accademia del Cimento is founded in Florence, Italy.
England's first chocolate house is opened in London^[7] and introduction of tea in England^[8]^[9] while coffee is introduced to France.
Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae ("On Reasoning in Games of Chance").
Andreas Gryphius' drama Katharina von Georgien is published in Breslau.
Thomas Middleton's tragedy Women Beware Women (c. 1623–24) is published posthumously in London.^[5]