Data for the 1650s

Wheelchair built by Stefan Farfler in 1655

In the year 1650, in the Third English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell defeats a Scottish army (Sep 3), Einkommende Zeitungen becomes the first newspaper published in Germany, Ethiopia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries, three-wheeled wheelchairs are invented in the German +city of Nuremberg, cafés  begin to become popular in Europe – and all these fine people were born: