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In this video, we're diving deep into the most memorable moments of 1656, recapping the top 2 events that defined the year. But that's not all – we've got a special treat for you in the description below, where we'll unveil 2 bonus highlights that you won't want to miss. Join us as we relive the past and uncover some hidden gems from 1656! Don't forget to check the description for the bonus content.

January 5 – The First War of Villmergen, a civil war in the Confederation of Switzerland pitting its Protestant and Roman Catholic cantons against each other, breaks out but is resolved by March 7. The Lutheran cantons of the larger cities of Zurich, Bern and Schaffhausen battle against seven Catholic cantons of Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Zug, Baden Unterwalden (now Obwalden and Nidwalden) and St. Gallen.

July 18 – In an attempt to find survivors of the Vergulde Draeck, a search party is sent ashore by the rescue ship Goede Hoop; eleven men from two search parties while in the forests around the wreckage site. No trace of the Vergulde Draeck will be found for more than three centuries, until its wreckage is discovered by skin divers on April 13, 1963.


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